Question

Cards. A deck of 52 cards is shuffled and dealt. Find the probabilities of the following events: a) the tenth card is a queen; b) the twentieth card is a spade; c) the last five cards are spades;

Answer 1

Answer:

• 0.0374
• 0.0010

Step-by-step explanation:

number of cards = 52

number of queen = 4

number of spades = 13

A) probability that the tenth card is a queen

drawn time (r) = 1

position of success(x) = 10th

p = 4/52

P( x,r,p) = $x-1Cr-1*p^(r) * q^(x-r)$

p(10,1,4/52) = 9C0(4/52)^1 * (48/52)^9 = 0.0374

B) probability the twentieth card is a spade

x = 20

r = 1

p = 13 / 52

P(20,1,26/52) = 19C0(26/52)^1 * (26/52)^19 = 0.0010

c)  The last five cards been spades

p(last five cards been spades )

p(48..52, 5, 13/52 ) = 47...52C4(13/52)^5 * (39/52)^48..52 - 5