A regular deck of cards has total of 52 cards. (Note: Aces count as 1.) If one card is drawn at random from the deck, find the probability of the following events:
a
It is a diamond
13 diamonds in 52 cards, right?
To find the probability of drawing a diamond from a regular deck of cards, we first need to determine the total number of diamond cards in the deck, and then divide that number by the total number of possible outcomes when drawing a single card from the deck.
In a regular deck of cards, there are 4 suits: hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades. Each suit contains 13 cards, so the number of diamonds in the deck is also 13.
Since there are 52 cards in total, the probability of drawing a diamond is given by:
Probability of drawing a diamond = Number of diamond cards / Total number of cards
= 13 / 52
= 1/4
Therefore, the probability of drawing a diamond from a regular deck of cards is 1/4.