Question

A single card is selected from an ordinary deck of cards. The sample space is shown in the figure below. Find the probabilities. (Enter the probabilities as fractions.)

(a) P(two of diamonds)
1

(b) P(two)
2

(c) P(diamond)
3

Answer 1

a) There is only one two of diamonds in the deck, therefore 1/52.

Use a similar process for the remaining two problems.

Answer 2

1/52