Question

Give a standard deck of 52 cards, what is the probability of randomly drawing a card and the card is red? Round your answer two decimals

Answer 1

Given a standard deck of 52 cards, we must find the probability of randomly drawing a red card. We know that:

• # of red cards = 26,

,

• # of cards in the deck = 52.

The probability of drawing a red card is given by:

$P(\text{red card)}=\frac{\#\text{of red cards}}{\#\text{of cards in the deck}}=\frac{26}{52}=0.5.$

Answer

The probability of randomly drawing a red card is 0.5 or 50%.