Question

Three cards are dealt from a shuffled standard deck of playing cards. Find the probability that the first card dealt is red, the second is black, and the third is red. (Enter your probability as a fraction.)

Answer 1

There are 52 cards in a deck, half the cards aware red and half the cards are red.

First card being red is 26/52 = 1/2

After the first card is dealt there are 51 cards left and 26 are black so dealing a black card = 26/51

After 2 cards are dealt there are 50 cards left and 25 red ones left. The probability would be 25/50 = 1/2

The probability of all 3 happening = 1/2 x 26/51 x 1/2 = 13/102

Answer: 13/102