Question

Two cards are drawn without replacement from a standard deck of 5252 playing cards. What is the probability of choosing a red card for the second card drawn, if the first card, drawn without replacement, was a club

Answer 1

The probability is 0.51

Explanation:

We want to find the of choosing a red card for the second card drawn, given that the first card drawn without replacement, was a club.

Then we need to assume that the first card drawn was a club, so now we have a deck of 51 cards with:

13 hearts

13 diamonds

13 spades

12 clubs.

Now with this deck, the probability of drawing a red card is equal to the quotient between the number of red cards and the total number of cards in the deck.

We have 26 red cards (13 hearts + 13 diamonds)

And there is a total of 51 cards in the deck, then the probability of drawing a red card now is:

P = 26/51 =0.51

The probability is 0.51