If you randomly select a card from a well-shuffled standard deck of 52 cards, what is the probability that the card you select is a diamond or club? (Your answer must be in the form of a reduced fraction.)

26/52 = 1/2

If you randomly select a card from a well-shuffled standard deck of 52 cards, what is the probability that the card you select is not a 2? (Your answer must be in the form of a reduced fraction.)

Well, if I were a card, I'd be the Joker, because I'm always ready to bring the laughs! Now, let's calculate the probability of selecting a diamond or a club from a standard deck.

A standard deck has 4 suits, and half of them (clubs and diamonds) are what we're after. So, the probability is:

2 (diamonds + clubs) / 4 (total suits) =

1/2.

So, the probability of selecting a diamond or a club from a well-shuffled standard deck is the reduced fraction 1/2. Just like the Joker, always bringing you laughter and favorable odds!

To find the probability of selecting a diamond or club from a standard deck of 52 cards, we need to determine the number of favorable outcomes (number of diamond or club cards) and the number of possible outcomes (total number of cards in the deck).

First, let's find the number of diamond cards in the deck. A standard deck has 13 cards of each suit, so there are 13 diamond cards.

Next, let's find the number of club cards in the deck. Again, there are 13 cards of each suit, so there are also 13 club cards.

To calculate the probability, we need to add the number of favorable outcomes (diamond cards + club cards) and divide it by the number of possible outcomes (total cards in the deck).

Number of favorable outcomes = Number of diamond cards + Number of club cards = 13 + 13 = 26

Number of possible outcomes = Total number of cards in the deck = 52

Probability = Number of favorable outcomes / Number of possible outcomes = 26 / 52 = 1/2

Therefore, the probability of selecting a diamond or club card from a well-shuffled standard deck of 52 cards is 1/2.