SOLUTION: The kings are separated from a deck of standard playing cards and shuffled. One king is randomly selected. What are the odds in favor of drawing a black card?

SOLUTION: The kings are separated from a deck of standard playing cards and shuffled. One king is randomly selected. What are the odds in favor of drawing a black card?

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Question 529720: The kings are separated from a deck of standard playing cards and shuffled. One king is randomly
selected. What are the odds in favor of drawing a black card?
Answer by oberobic(2304) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
With 4 kings, you have 2 black kings and 2 red kings.
There are 2 ways you can draw a black king from the 4 possibilities.
2/4 = 1/2 = 50%
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