SOLUTION: a card is picked from each of four 52-card decks of cards. what is the probability of selecting at least 1 card larger than an 8?
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Question 550244: a card is picked from each of four 52-card decks of cards. what is the probability of selecting at least 1 card larger than an 8?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a card is picked from each of four 52-card decks of cards. what is the probability of selecting at least 1 card larger than an 8?
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"Larger than 8" is an ambiguous instruction.
I'll assume that means 9,10,J,Q,K,A
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Then you have a Binomial Problem with n = 4 and p = 6/52
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P(at least 1 card > 8)
= 1 - P(no card > 8)
= 1 - (46/62)^4
= 0.3876
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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