A special deck of cards has 5 red cards, and 4 purple cards. The red cards are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. The purple cards are numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4. The cards are well shuffled and you randomly draw one card. R = card drawn is redE = card drawn is even-numbered a. How many elements are there in the sample space?  b. P(E) =  Round to 4 decimal places.

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A special deck of cards has 5 red cards, and 4 purple cards. The red cards are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. The purple cards are numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4. The cards are well shuffled and you randomly draw one card.

R = card drawn is red
E = card drawn is even-numbered

a. How many elements are there in the sample space? 

b. P(E) =  Round to 4 decimal places.

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