Ron draws 16 cards from a deck of
52 cards. The deck is made up of cards
of four different colors—red, blue, yellow,
and green. How many of the cards drawn
can Ron expect to be green?
There are 13 cards of each color in a standard deck of 52 cards. Therefore, the probability of drawing a green card on any given draw is 13/52 = 1/4.
To find out how many green cards Ron can expect to draw out of 16, we can use expected value:
Expected value = (probability of event) x (number of trials)
Expected number of green cards = (1/4) x 16
Expected number of green cards = 4
Therefore, Ron can expect to draw 4 green cards out of 16.