Question

A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability that the card is a jack and a ten.

Answer 1

In 52 cards, there are 4 sets of 13 cards Spades, Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts
Each set has 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,Jack,King,Queen,Ace
when a card is drawn at random it can either be a ten or a jack... it cant be both..
question should br like..
Find the probability that the card is a jack or a ten
In every set there is one 10, one Jack So total 8 cards(2*4) in 52 cards,
the probability that the card is a jack and a ten = 8/52 = 2/13