Question

In a standard 52−card deck, half of the cards are red and half are black. The 52 cards are divided evenly into 4 suits: spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs. Each suit has three face cards (jack, queen, king), and an ace. Each suit also has 9 cards numbered from 2 to 10.

Suppose a solitaire player has played 800 games. Predict how many times the player turned over a black card as the first card.



The player can expect to turn over a black card about


( answer ) times.

Answer 1

the player can expect to turn over a black card about 400 times.

Explanation:

the way to solve a probability question is like this:

there are 52 total cards, out of those 52 cards, half of them are black cards.

that means 1/2 of 52 = black cards

if the plays 800 times, and half of the cards are black, the player can expect to have a 50% chance of flipping over a black card.

800/50 = 400.

therefore the player can expect to have flipped a black card 400 times.