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    Probability

    I have figured out the answer to this question yet I don't know how to plug information into excel

    Consider the experiment of drawing two cards from a deck in which all picture cards have been removed and adding their values (with ace = 1).
    a. Describe the outcomes of this experiment. List the elements of the sample space.
    b. What is the probability of obtaining a total of 5 for the two cards?
    c. Let A be the event "total card value is 5 or less." Find P(A) and P(Ac).

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    Re: Proability

    Hi and welcome to the forum

    This sounds like stats homework? how would you right that formula if you were using pen and paper??
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    Re: Proability

    Here is some of what I figure out but I'm still stuck here.. I Label The card with its number and color (e.g. Heart Ace is written as 1H, Spade King is 13S, Diamond 10 is 10D, Club 4 is 4C), then each outcome is a pair of two distinct cards (e.g. (1H,2S), (3S,2C), etc.).
    We can write down a few examples from this sample space:
    (1H,2H),(1H,3H),....,(2H,3H),(2H,4H),...,...
    (1H,2S),(1H,3S),....

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    Re: Proability

    OK nit-picking here...
    Consider the experiment of drawing two cards from a deck in which all picture cards have been removed and adding their values (with ace = 1).
    Spade King is 13S
    Aslo, I asked how you would write the formula...seeing as how in Post #1 you said you have figured out the answer?

    All you did in post #3 is show a few possible outcomes?

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