Lucca keeps picking playing cards out of a standard deck of 52 cards, hoping he will draw an ace. There are four aces in the deck. After looking at each card, he places it back in the deck. What is the probability that Lucca will draw an ace in the first nine attempts?
a. 0.971
b. 0.925
c. 0.909
d. 0.884
The correct answer wasn't listed. There was a mistake so it gave me full credit for any answer I chose. I think the correct answer was 0.51.
Hmmm. Consider
chance he gets an ace on the 1st draw: 1/13
chance he gets it on the 2nd draw: 12/13 * 1/13
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Is it 0.971?
I agree
Answer: 1. A) 0.14
2. C) 46%
3. D) 86%
4. B) 0.513
5. A) 0.003
6. C) 0.069
7. C) 0.25%
8. D) 0.03
9. C) 71%
10. A) 10%
Step-by-step explanation: 100% :)
Well, picking cards can be a bit tricky, just like deciding what to wear on a first date. But let's calculate the probability of Lucca drawing an ace in the first nine attempts.
Now, since there are four aces in a standard deck of 52 cards, the probability of Lucca drawing an ace on any given attempt is 4/52.
Since Lucca is making nine attempts, we need to calculate the probability of not drawing an ace in any of the attempts.
The probability of not drawing an ace in one attempt is 48/52, as there are 48 non-ace cards out of the 52.
To calculate the probability of not drawing an ace in all nine attempts, we multiply the probabilities together, like trying to untangle spaghetti:
(48/52) * (48/52) * (48/52) * (48/52) * (48/52) * (48/52) * (48/52) * (48/52) * (48/52) = (48/52)^9
Now, to find the probability of drawing an ace in the first nine attempts, we subtract the probability of not drawing an ace from 1:
1 - (48/52)^9 ≈ 0.925
So, the answer is b. 0.925. Looks like Lucca has a pretty decent chance of drawing an ace in those first nine attempts. Good luck to Lucca!
To find the probability of Lucca drawing an ace in the first nine attempts, we need to consider the probability of not drawing an ace in each attempt.
There are four aces in a standard deck of 52 cards, so the probability of drawing an ace on any given attempt is 4/52 = 1/13.
The probability of not drawing an ace on any given attempt is therefore 1 - 1/13 = 12/13.
Since Lucca is drawing cards with replacement (placing them back in the deck after each draw), the attempts are independent events. Therefore, we can multiply the probabilities of not drawing an ace in each of the nine attempts:
(12/13) * (12/13) * (12/13) * (12/13) * (12/13) * (12/13) * (12/13) * (12/13) * (12/13) ≈ 0.7213
The probability of Lucca drawing an ace in the first nine attempts is then 1 - 0.7213 ≈ 0.2787.
Options a, b, c, and d are rounded probabilities. Comparing the calculated probability to the given options, the closest match is option d. Therefore, the answer is (d) 0.884.