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A standard deck of cards contains 52 cards. Of these cards there are 13 of each type of suit (hearts, spades, clubs, diamonds) and 4 of each type of rank (A – K). If two cards are drawn from the deck and then replaced back into the deck each time, what is the probability of drawing a heart and a spade from the deck of cards?


answer options:
1/8
1/26
1/16
1/32

Respuesta :

Ben

[tex]\large\boxed{\frac{1}{16}}[/tex]

The answer is equal to the probability of drawing a heart multiplied by the probability of drawing a spade.

The probability of a given suit being drawn is [tex]\frac{13}{54}[/tex], which simplifies to [tex]\frac{1}{4}[/tex]. This is because there are 13 outcomes we would like out of 54 possible outcomes in total.

Multiply [tex]\frac{1}{4}[/tex] by itself (square it) to get the final answer of [tex]\frac{1}{16}[/tex].

Answer corrected. Originally said [tex]\frac{1}{8}[/tex] as the final answer. Thank you, sangers1959!

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