SOLUTION: one card is ramdomly selected from a shuffled standard deck of 52 card and then a die is rolled. Find the probability of obtaining an ace and a 4

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Question 633452: one card is ramdomly selected from a shuffled standard deck of 52 card and then a die is rolled. Find the probability of obtaining
an ace and a 4

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 4 aces out of 52 cards.  In probability "out of" means "over",
so

P(ace) = 4 out of 52 = 4 over 52 = 4%2F52 which reduces to 1%2F13.


There is 1 four out of 6 numbers on the die. In probability "out of" means "over", so

P(four) = 1 out of 6 = 1 over 6 = 1%2F6

We want to know

P(ace AND four).  In probability "AND" means "multiply", so

P(ace AND four) = P(ace)×P(four) = 1%2F13×1%2F6 = 1%2F78

Edwin