Ron draws 16 cards from a standard deck of 52. The deck is made up of equal numbers of four suits clubs diamonds, hearts, and spades. How many of the cards drawn can Ron expect to be spades?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-05T18:37:25

#16/52#

There are four sets of colours in a deck that add up to #52#.

Therefore, the maximum number of cards that can be drawn from each colour in the deck is #16# as #16 * 4= 52#.

So, you put the number of cards that can possibly be spades (#16#) over the total number of cards in the deck (#52#) as a fraction.

Answer #= 16/52#