Question

You choose a card at random from a standard deck of cards. what is the probability that you do not choose a red king?

Answer 1

`25/26`

Explanation:

There are 13 ordinal cards in an ordinary deck of cards (A-10, Jack, Queen, King) and one of each in 4 suits (diamonds, hearts, spades, clubs) for a total of `4xx13=52` cards.

Diamonds and hearts are red suits (vs the other two which are black suits).

So with all that, what is the probability of not drawing a red king in a random draw?

First off, we know we have 52 cards to pick from. How many of the cards aren't red kings? 2 - the king of hearts and the king of diamonds. So we can pick 50 cards and satisfy the conditions. So that's:

`50/52=25/26`