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A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. Find the probability of drawing an ace given that it is diamond

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Probability of drawing an ace given that it is diamond = (1/13)

Step-by-step explanation

There are 52 cards in a pack of cards.

In this pack, there are 13 diamonds and 4 aces.

But there is only 1 ace diamond.

Since the probability of an event A occuring given that an event B has occured is given mathematically as

P (A | B) = P (A n B) ÷ P (B)

In this case, event A is the probability that the card picked is an ace and event B is given that the card picked is a diamond.

P (A n B) refers to the probability of picking a card that is both ace and a diamond.

Since there's only one of such in a pack of cards (52 cards),

P (A n B) = (1/52)

P(B) refers to the probability that the card picked is a diamond.

Since there's 13 diamonds in a pack of cards (52 cards),

P (B) = (13/52)

Probability of drawing an ace given that it is diamond

= P (A | B)

= P (A n B) ÷ P (B)

= (1/52) ÷ (13/52)

= (1/52) × (52/13)

= (1/13)

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