Question

A deck of ordinary cards is shuffled and 13 cards are dealt. What is the probability that the last card dealt is an ace?

Answer 1

Answer:

The probability that the last card dealt is an ace is $\frac{1}{13}$.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : A deck of ordinary cards is shuffled and 13 cards are dealt.

To find : What is the probability that the last card dealt is an ace?

Solution :

There are total 52 cards.

The total arrangement of cards is 52!.

There is 4 ace cards in total.

Arrangement for containing ace as the 13th card is $4\times 51!$.

The probability that the last card dealt is an ace is

$P=\frac{4\times 51!}{52!}$

$P=\frac{4\times 51!}{52\times 51!}$

$P=\frac{4}{52}$

$P=\frac{1}{13}$

Therefore, the probability that the last card dealt is an ace is $\frac{1}{13}$.