Question

chloe randomly selects a card from a standard deck of cards.
what is the probability she selects an ace ??

Answer 1

http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-an-Underwater-robot/

Answer 2

wats that ??

Answer 3

how many aces are there in the deck?

Answer 4

it dosent say

Answer 5

are you familiar with a deck of cards and how many aces there are?

Answer 6

4 aces

Answer 7

yep, out of how many total?

Answer 8

@jim_thompson5910 how many total what ?? cards if 56 right

Answer 9

52 actually

Answer 10

13 cards per suit * 4 suits = 52 total

Answer 11

probability of picking an ace = (# of aces)/(# of cards total)

Answer 12

make sure to reduce the fraction as much as possible

Answer 13

so i do 4/52 reduce that

Answer 14

yep

Answer 15

1/13

Answer 16

correct

Answer 17

So you can think of it like this: pick any suit you want. What is the probability of getting an ace for that suit only? It's 1/13 since there's 1 ace out of 13 cards in that suit