{"id":210704,"date":"2025-05-02T06:09:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T06:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=210704"},"modified":"2025-05-02T06:09:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T06:09:46","slug":"a-standard-52-card-deck-has-four-13-card-suits-diamonds-hearts-clubs-and-spades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/02\/a-standard-52-card-deck-has-four-13-card-suits-diamonds-hearts-clubs-and-spades\/","title":{"rendered":"A standard 52-card deck has four 13-card suits: diamonds, hearts, clubs, and spades"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A standard 52-card deck has four 13-card suits: diamonds, hearts, clubs, and spades. The diamonds and hearts are red, and the clubs and spades are black. Each 13-card suit contains cards numbered from 2 to 10, a jack, a queen, a king, and an ace. An experiment consists of drawing 1 card from the standard deck. Find the probability of drawing a black nine of diamonds.<br>The probability of choosing a black nine of diamonds is (Type an integer or a simplified fraction.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\"><strong>The correct answer and explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To find the probability of drawing a <strong>black nine of diamonds<\/strong> from a standard 52-card deck, we need to first understand what this means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Understand the deck<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A standard deck of 52 cards has:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>4 suits<\/strong>: hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each suit has <strong>13 cards<\/strong>: Ace, 2 through 10, Jack, Queen, King.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hearts and diamonds<\/strong> are <strong>red<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Clubs and spades<\/strong> are <strong>black<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Analyze the card in question<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You are asked for the probability of drawing a <strong>black nine of diamonds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>nine of diamonds<\/strong> is part of the <strong>diamonds<\/strong> suit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>But <strong>diamonds<\/strong> are <strong>red<\/strong>, not black.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, the <strong>nine of diamonds<\/strong> is a <strong>red card<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This means that a <strong>black nine of diamonds<\/strong> <strong>does not exist<\/strong> in a standard 52-card deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3: Conclusion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since such a card does not exist in the deck, there are <strong>zero favorable outcomes<\/strong> for drawing a black nine of diamonds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Total possible outcomes (cards in the deck): <strong>52<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Favorable outcomes (black nine of diamonds): <strong>0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Final Answer:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[<br>\\text{Probability} = \\frac{\\text{favorable outcomes}}{\\text{total outcomes}} = \\frac{0}{52} = 0<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Detailed Explanation (300+ words):<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Probability is the measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, expressed as a fraction:<br>[<br>\\text{Probability} = \\frac{\\text{Number of favorable outcomes}}{\\text{Total number of possible outcomes}}<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this experiment, one card is drawn at random from a standard deck of 52 cards. The suits are diamonds, hearts, clubs, and spades, each with 13 cards. Among these, diamonds and hearts are red, while clubs and spades are black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are asked to find the probability of drawing a <strong>black nine of diamonds<\/strong>. To determine this, we first analyze whether such a card even exists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>nine of diamonds<\/strong> belongs to the <strong>diamonds<\/strong> suit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All diamond cards are <strong>red<\/strong> by definition.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Therefore, the <strong>nine of diamonds is red<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saying &#8220;black nine of diamonds&#8221; is a contradiction\u2014like asking for a square circle. The card does not exist in the deck. Because of this, there are <strong>zero favorable outcomes<\/strong> for the event. There are still 52 possible outcomes since any one of the 52 cards might be drawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This leads to:<br>[<br>\\text{Probability} = \\frac{0}{52} = 0<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hence, the probability of drawing a black nine of diamonds is <strong>0<\/strong> because such a card is not part of the standard deck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A standard 52-card deck has four 13-card suits: diamonds, hearts, clubs, and spades. The diamonds and hearts are red, and the clubs and spades are black. Each 13-card suit contains cards numbered from 2 to 10, a jack, a queen, a king, and an ace. 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