Question

If you pick a card at random from a well shuffled deck, what is the probability that you get an even card or a spade

Answer 1

Answer:

The probability that you get an even card or a spade is P = 0.596

Step-by-step explanation:

In a deck of 52 cards, all the cards have the exact same probability of being drawn.

So, the probability of drawing an even card of a spade, will be equal to the quotient between the number of even cards and spades, and the total number of cards (52).

First, let's found the number of even cards and spades.

There are 13 spades.

For each set, the even cards are:

{2. 4, 6, 8, 10}

(not counting the queen as a "12")

Then for each set, there are 6 even cards.

(there are four sets but we already counted the 6 even cards from the spade set, so we ignore that set)

Then there are 3 sets with 6 even cards each, there are:

3*6 = 18 even cards

So we have:

13 spades + 18 even cards = 31 cards that meet the condition.

The probability is then:

P = 31/52 = 0.596

The probability that you get an even card or a spade is P = 0.596