a) What is the event that the chosen card is red and is not a face card? b) What is the probability that the chosen card is red and is not a face card?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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1. An ordinary deck of cards contains 52 cards divided into four suits. The red suits are diamonds
), and the black suits are clubs >) and spades
) and hearts
Each suit contains 13 cards of the following denominations: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J (jack), Q
(queen), K (king), and A (ace). The cards J, Q, and K are called face cards.
Imagine that the cards in a deck have become-by some method-so thoroughly mixed up that
if you spread them out face down and pick one at random, you are as likely to get any one card
as any other.
a) What is the event that the chosen card is red and is not a face card?
b) What is the probability that the chosen card is red and is not a face card?
Transcribed Image Text:1. An ordinary deck of cards contains 52 cards divided into four suits. The red suits are diamonds ), and the black suits are clubs >) and spades ) and hearts Each suit contains 13 cards of the following denominations: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J (jack), Q (queen), K (king), and A (ace). The cards J, Q, and K are called face cards. Imagine that the cards in a deck have become-by some method-so thoroughly mixed up that if you spread them out face down and pick one at random, you are as likely to get any one card as any other. a) What is the event that the chosen card is red and is not a face card? b) What is the probability that the chosen card is red and is not a face card?
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