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2. What is the probability of selecting a red card from a standard deck of cards

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In a standard deck of cards we have 52 cards, and half of which are red, half are black.

so the half of 52 is


(52)/(2)=26

so the probability is


(26)/(52)=(13)/(26)=(1)/(2)

the probability is 1/2

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