Sara and Petros each have a standard deck of cards. Independently, each of them selects a card uniformly at random from their respective decks. What is the probability that the rank of Sara's card is strictly higher than the rank of Petros's card?
Sara and Petros each have a standard deck of cards. Independently, each of them selects a card uniformly at random from their respective decks. What is the probability that the rank of Sara's card is strictly higher than the rank of Petros's card?
Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability
Section8.7: Probability
Problem 7ECP: You draw one card at random from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. What is the probability that...
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This problem will refer to a standard deck of cards. Each card in such a deck has
a rank and a suit. The 13 ranks, ordered from lowest to highest, are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
jack, queen, king, and ace. The 4 suits are clubs (♣), diamonds (♢), hearts (♡), and spades (♠).
Cards with clubs or spades are black, while cards with diamonds or hearts are red. The deck
has exactly one card for each rank–suit pair: 4 of diamonds, queen of spades, etc., for a total of
13 · 4 = 52 cards. Take a look at the screenshot please!
Transcribed Image Text:Sara and Petros each have a standard deck of cards. Independently, each of them selects a card
uniformly at random from their respective decks. What is the probability that the rank of Sara's
card is strictly higher than the rank of Petros's card?
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