Question

You draw a card at random from a deck that contains 3 black cards and 7 red cards.

What is P(draw a black card)?

Answer 1

The P(draw a black card) is 3/10.

Explanation:

It is given that the deck contains 3 black cards and 7 red cards.

Therefore, the total number of cards in the deck = 7 red + 3 black = 10 cards.

Now, we need to find the possible outcomes of getting a black card. So, the number of black cards in the deck = 3 black cards.

The formula to find the probability is given by :

Probability = Number of required event / Total number of outcomes.

Here, the required event is getting a black card out of 10 cards in the deck.

• The number of required event is 3.
• The total number of outcomes is 10.

Probability (to draw black card) = 3/10.