On your first draw, what is the probability of drawing a red card, without looking, from a shuffled

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    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    On your first draw, what is the probability of drawing a red card, without looking, from a shuffled deck containing 6 red cards, 6 blue cards, and 8 black cards?

    P(Red) = Total Red / Total Cards
    P(Red) = 6 red/(6 red + 6 blue + 8 black)
    P(Red) = 6/20

    This fraction can be simplified.

    The greatest common factor of 6 and 20 is 2.

    So we divide top and bottom of our probability by 2:
    P(Red) = 6/2 / 20 / 2
    P(Red) = 3/10
     

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