SOLUTION: A card is selected from a deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability of selecting a) a diamond given the card is black b) a queen given the card is a picture card

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Question 187197: A card is selected from a deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability of selecting a) a diamond given the card is black
b) a queen given the card is a picture card

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A card is selected from a deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability of selecting
a) a diamond given the card is black
Ans: P(diamond AND black)/P(black) = 0/(1/2) = 0
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b) a queen given the card is a picture card?
Ans: P(q|picture) = P(queen AND picture)/p(picture)= (4/52)/(12/) = 4/12 = 1/3
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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