There are 6 cards with a picture of a rose and 4 cards with a picture of a daisy. Alfa keeps all the cards face down on a table with the pictures hidden and mixes them up. She then turns over one card and finds the picture of a rose on it. She removes this card from the table and turns over another card without looking. What is the probability that the card that Alfa turns over has a rose on it?1 over 6

Question

There are 6 cards with a picture of a rose and 4 cards with a picture of a daisy. Alfa keeps all the cards face down on a table with the pictures hidden and mixes them up. She then turns over one card and finds the picture of a rose on it. She removes this card from the table and turns over another card without looking. What is the probability that the card that Alfa turns over has a rose on it?1 over 6

1 over 3

5 over 10

5 over 9

Answer 1

1 over 5

Explanation: After the first rose card is removed, there are now 5 rose cards left out of the remaining 9 cards on the table. Therefore, the probability that the card Alfa turns over next has a rose on it is 5 out of 9.

Answer 2

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After the first rose card is removed, there are now 5 rose cards left out of the remaining 9 cards on the table. Therefore, the probability that the card Alfa turns over next has a rose on it is 5 out of 9.