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the probability of drawing a heart from a standard deck of 52 playing cards is 1/4. The probability of drawing a face card from a standard deck of 52 playing cards is 3/13. Based on this, Drew determines that the probability of drawing a heart face card is 3/52. Is this correct?

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Yes, it is correct....
User Irfanullah Jan
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Answer: The answer is YES.

Step-by-step explanation: Let 'A' and 'B' represents the events of drawing a heart and a face card respectively from a standard deck of 52 playing cards.

Then, the probability of drawing a heart from a standard deck of 52 playing cards is


P(A)=(1)/(4),

and the probability of drawing a face card from a standard deck of 52 playing cards is


P(B)=(3)/(13).

So, the probability drawing a heart face card will be given by


P(A\cap B).

Since we cannot draw a card that is both heart and face card, so the events 'A' and 'B' are independent.

Therefore, we have


P(A\cap B)=P(A)P(B)=(1)/(4)* (3)/(13)=(3)/(52).

Thus, Drew is absolutely CORRECT.

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