A standard deck consists of 52 cards, distributed as follows:There are 13 cards in each of 4 suits: hearts, diamonds, spades, and clubs. Hearts and diamonds are red. Spades and clubs are black.
In each suit there are 13 ranks: Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King.
In Exercises 2A through 2E, assume that cards are dealt from a well-shuffled deck; that is, cards are dealt at random without replacement.
PROBLEM 2A This Problem is worth 1 Point
The "face" cards are those that have a person’s face on them: Jack, Queen, or King. One card is dealt. Find the chance that it is a face

Question

A standard deck consists of 52 cards, distributed as follows:There are 13 cards in each of 4 suits: hearts, diamonds, spades, and clubs. Hearts and diamonds are red. Spades and clubs are black.
In each suit there are 13 ranks: Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King.
In Exercises 2A through 2E, assume that cards are dealt from a well-shuffled deck; that is, cards are dealt at random without replacement.
PROBLEM 2A This Problem is worth 1 Point
The "face" cards are those that have a person’s face on them: Jack, Queen, or King. One card is dealt. Find the chance that it is a face

amistre64 · Answer

how many face cards, divided by how many cards are in the deck

amistre64 · Answer

which really simplifies to:  number of face cards in a suit, divided by number of cards in a suit

anonymous · Answer

which is 3/13