Given a standard deck of playing cards (which you may google if you wish to see an image), the deck is shuffled and a single card is drawn at random from the deck. Determine:   Which of the following pairs of events is independent? a. Pulling a Jack and pulling a face card b. Pulling a spade and pulling a black card c. Pulling a heart and pulling a Queen d. Pulling a face card and pulling an Ace e. Pulling a King and pulling a number card

College Algebra
10th Edition
ISBN:9781337282291
Author:Ron Larson
Publisher:Ron Larson
Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability
Section8.7: Probability
Problem 4ECP: Show that the probability of drawing a club at random from a standard deck of 52 playing cards is...
icon
Related questions
icon
Concept explainers
Topic Video
Question

Given a standard deck of playing cards (which you may google if you wish to see an image), the deck is shuffled and a
single card is drawn at random from the deck. Determine:

 

Which of the following pairs of events is independent?
a. Pulling a Jack and pulling a face card
b. Pulling a spade and pulling a black card
c. Pulling a heart and pulling a Queen
d. Pulling a face card and pulling an Ace
e. Pulling a King and pulling a number card

Expert Solution
Step 1

A deck of cards consists of 52 cards which are further divided into 4 groups with 13 cards in each group- clubs, diamonds, hearts, spades.

Each set of 13 cards consists of an ace, jack, king, queen, and the remaining cards numbered from 2 to 10.

Now, for a pair of events to be independent,

PAB=PAPB

a. Let, J=pulling a Jack

          F=pulling a face card

PJ=452=0.0769PF=1252=0.2308PJF=1252=0.2308

So, the events are not independent as the given condition is not satisfied.

b. Let, S=pulling a spade

          B=pulling a black card

PS=1352=0.25PB=2652=0.5PSB=2652=0.5

So, the events are not independent as the given condition is not satisfied.

c. Let, H=pulling a heart

          Q=pulling a Queen

PH=1352=0.25PQ=452=0.0769PHQ=152=0.0192Now, PHPQ=1352452=152=0.0192

Here, the given condition is satisfied. Hence the events are independent.

trending now

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

steps

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Sample space, Events, and Basic Rules of Probability
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, statistics and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Recommended textbooks for you
College Algebra
College Algebra
Algebra
ISBN:
9781337282291
Author:
Ron Larson
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition…
Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition…
Algebra
ISBN:
9780547587776
Author:
HOLT MCDOUGAL
Publisher:
HOLT MCDOUGAL
Algebra and Trigonometry (MindTap Course List)
Algebra and Trigonometry (MindTap Course List)
Algebra
ISBN:
9781305071742
Author:
James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson
Publisher:
Cengage Learning