SOLUTION: A card is drawn at random from a standard pack of playing cards. Then a fair coin is flipped. What is the probability of selecting a Queen and the coin landing on tails?

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Question 1154522: A card is drawn at random from a standard pack of playing cards.
Then a fair coin is flipped.
What is the probability of selecting a Queen and the coin landing on tails?
Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
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P(queen) = 4/52 = 1/13

P(tails) = 1/2

By a fundamental principle of probability, if both are to happen you multiply the probabilities:

P(queen and tails) = (1/13)*(1/2) = 1/26