How do you find the probability of selecting a red face card from a standard deck of 52 playing cards?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-18T22:18:14

1/2

There are 26 red cards, and 26 black cards. the ratio is

# 26/52 = 1/2#

Answer 2 · 2018-05-18T22:18:24

I tried this:

I would take the number of possible outcomes: #52#
the number of favourable outcomes: Hearts+Diamonds#=13+13=26#

so the probability will be:

#p("red")=26/52=0.5# or #50%# as we could guess immediatelly.