Question

A single card is drawn at random from a standard 52 card deck.

Work out the following probabilities in their simplest form: P(5)= and P(not 5)=

Answer 1

There are four 5's in a deck of cards

The probability of being a 5 would be 4/52 which simplifies to 1/13

The probability of not being a 5 would be 1 - 1/13 = 12/13