Question

If you draw a random card from a standard deck of 52 cards, what are the odds of drawing an ace or a 9? Write your answer as 1:2 which is reduced as much as possible.

Answer 1

There are 52 cards in a deck

There are 4 Aces and 4 cards that are 9's = 8 cards that we want

the ways it cannot occur is 52 - 8 =44

the ratio of the number of ways that an outcome can occur compared to how many ways it cannot occur

8 : 44

Divide each side by 4

8/4 : 44/4

2 : 11