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Question 1171531: A card is selected at random from a standard deck of playing cards.
Compute the probability that the card is a 2. (Enter the probability as a fraction.)
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Answer: 1/13

This is because there are 4 cards labeled "2" out of 52 total
4/52 = (4*1)/(4*13) = 1/13