document.write( "Question 202517: Dawing at least 1 spade in a series of 4 consecutive draws when the card is returned to the deck after each draw and the deck is reshuffled. What has confused me is that we only need to get 1 spade in 4 draws. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #152757 by stanbon(75887) ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Dawing at least 1 spade in a series of 4 consecutive draws when the card is returned to the deck after each draw and the deck is reshuffled. What has confused me is that we only need to get 1 spade in 4 draws. \n" ); document.write( "------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Note: P(no spade on a single draw) = (3/4) \n" ); document.write( "------------------- \n" ); document.write( "P(at least 1 spade in 4 draws) = 1 - P(no spades in 4 draws) \n" ); document.write( "= 1 - (3/4)^4 \n" ); document.write( "= 1 - (81/256) \n" ); document.write( "= 175/256 \n" ); document.write( "================ \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( " |