A 4-card hand is dealt from a standard 52-card deck, and then one of the 4 cards is chosen at random. If only two of the cards

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in the hand are hearts, what is the probability that the chosen card is a heart?

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Ronch [10] · Answer 1 · 2023-05-28T11:25:55+03:00

<h3>Answer: 1/2</h3>

Explanation:

There are two hearts out of four cards in this particular hand. The probability of picking a heart card is 2/4 = 1/2

In other words, we have a 50% chance of getting a heart. The prior stuff dealing with the 52 card deck is just extra unneeded info.

A 4​-card hand is dealt from a standard​ 52-card deck, and then one of the 4 cards is chosen at random. If only two of the cards