Question

In a deck of cards with 52 cards and 4 suits, what is the probability of getting an ace?

Answer 1

there are four aces, so chance of picking an ace is 4/52, or 1/13, or 0.0769

Answer 2

The probability of getting an ace= 1/13

Explanation:

The probability of an event is given as the ratio of the number of favorable outcomes to the total number of outcomes.

Now, here we are given a deck of 52 playing cards and 4 suits.

We know that there are 4 aces in a playing card (one in each suit)

We know that the probability of getting an ace is the ratio of number of aces in the card to the total number of playing cards.

Hence,

Probability of getting an ace= 4/52

i.e.

Probability of getting an ace=1/13