SOLUTION: Consider the experiment of selecting a playing card from a deck of 52 playing cards. Each card corresponds to a sample point with a 1/52 probability. a. List the sample points in

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Question 1188310: Consider the experiment of selecting a playing card from a deck of 52 playing cards. Each
card corresponds to a sample point with a 1/52 probability.
a. List the sample points in the event an ace is selected.
b. List the sample points in the event a club is selected.
c. List the sample points in the event a face card (jack, queen, or king) is selected.
d. Find the probabilities associated with each of the events in parts (a), (b), and (c).

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Four aces, so Spade, Heart, Diamond, Club Ace (4/52=1/13 probability )
Thirteen clubs 2-10,J,Q,K,A, (13/52=1/4 probability)
12 face cards, 4 of each, so 12/52=3/13 probability) JS,JH,JD,JC,and same for Q and K.