Question

Exercise 4.3. Determine the exact probability of drawing a 10 from a shuffled pinochle deck. (In a pinochle deck, there are 48 cards. There are six values: 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King, Ace. There are two copies of each value in each of the standard four suits: hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades.)

Answer 1

`(1)/(6)` probability of drawing a 10 from a shuffled pinochle deck.

Explanation:

A probability is the number of desired outcomes divided by the number of total outcomes.

In this question:

Total of 48 cards.

Of those, there are 2*4 = 8 cards that are 10. So

`p = (8)/(48) = (1)/(6)`

`(1)/(6)` probability of drawing a 10 from a shuffled pinochle deck.