document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=402246>Question 402246</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Consider the experiment of selecting a card from an ordinary deck of 52 playing cards and determine the probability of the stated event. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a.) A  red 7 is drawn.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b.) A  jack is drawn<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A probability is always a fraction which has a value greater than or equal to zero or less than or equal 1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The denominator of your fraction is the number of ways that an event can occur, including both those outcomes that the experimenter would consider a failure and the outcomes that would be considered a success.  For both of your problems, the denominator is 52 because you are given that there are 52 cards in the deck.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The numerator of the fraction is the number of possibilities that would be considered a success.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There are 2 red 7s in the deck.  There are 4 jacks in the deck.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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