Aisha draws a card from a deck of 52 standard playing cards and 4 jokers. A joker can be any card you choose it to be: for instance, if red is the favorable outcome and draw a joker, you can choose it to be red.

a. Determine the probability the card is a face card.

b. Determine the odds in favor of the card being a face card.

Question

Aisha draws a card from a deck of 52 standard playing cards and 4 jokers. A joker can be any card you choose it to be: for instance, if red is the favorable outcome and draw a joker, you can choose it to be red.

a. Determine the probability the card is a face card.




b. Determine the odds in favor of the card being a face card.

agent0smith · Answer

How many face cards are there?  (not counting jokers)

anonymous · Answer

26 but wouldn't you count the jokers?

anonymous · Answer

aren't jokers face cards

anonymous · Answer

@agent0smith

agent0smith · Answer

Yes. So you add 4.

There isn't 26 face cards... face are jacks, queens, kings. There's four of each

anonymous · Answer

okay so it would be 16 then

anonymous · Answer

@agent0smith

agent0smith · Answer

Yep. 16, out of how many total cards? Don't forget jokers.

anonymous · Answer

out of 56

anonymous · Answer

okay and my second question is how would you determine the probability of the card being red? @agent0smith

anonymous · Answer

would it be 26/56 or would you count the jokers.. too ugh

anonymous · Answer

@agent0smith

agent0smith · Answer

Find how many cards are red (half the deck is) add the jokers, put it over the total.

anonymous · Answer

why do we add the jokers? are jokers face cards? @agent0smith

agent0smith · Answer

Reread the question to see why...

anonymous · Answer

k thanks