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A card is drawn from a standard deck of cards. Find the probability, given that the cards is a non-face card P(five)

User Hernan Rajchert
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Let:

m = Number of favourable outcomes = 4

n = Total number of outcomes = 52

A = Draw a five

So:


\begin{gathered} P(A)=(m)/(n)=(4)/(52)=(1)/(13)\approx0.0769 \\ As_{\text{ }}a_{\text{ }}percentage: \\ 0.0769\cdot100=7.69\% \end{gathered}

Answer:

Approximately 0.08

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