During a recent bridge game, once the lead card had been played and the dummy’s hand revealed, the declarer took a moment to count up the number of cards in each suit with the results given below: Suit We They Spades  6  7 Hearts  8  5 Diamond s  4  9 Clubs  8  5 26 26 (a) What is the probability that a card randomly selected from the We team’s hand is a spade? (b) What is the probability that a card randomly selected from the They team’s hand is a club? (c) What is the probability that a card randomly selected from all the cards is either a spade or heart? (d) What is the probability that a card randomly selected from all the cards is either a diamond or club? (e) What is the probability that a card randomly selected from the They team’s hand is not a club? What type of probability estimates are these?

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During a recent bridge game, once the lead card had been played and the dummy’s hand
revealed, the declarer took a moment to count up the number of cards in each suit with the
results given below:

Suit We They
Spades  6  7
Hearts  8  5
Diamond
s

 4  9
Clubs  8  5
26 26

(a) What is the probability that a card randomly selected from the We team’s hand is a
spade?
(b) What is the probability that a card randomly selected from the They team’s hand is a
club?
(c) What is the probability that a card randomly selected from all the cards is either a spade
or heart?
(d) What is the probability that a card randomly selected from all the cards is either a
diamond or club?
(e) What is the probability that a card randomly selected from the They team’s hand is not a
club?
What type of probability estimates are these?

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