Question

Michael wanted to pick a card randomly from a regular deck of 52 cards. The deck is divided evenly in red and black cards. What is the probability michael draws a black card

Total possible outcomes: Number of black cards: P{black card}:

Answer 1

The probability is 1/2 as it is even meaning that there is 26 red cards and 26 black cards.

And so there’s 50% probability of it being a black card
And there’s 26 black cards