Nela randomly selects a card from a standard deck of cards. What is the probability she selects a red queen? A. 1/2 B. 1/13 C. 2/13 D. 1/26

This is the beginning of all probability problems.

Memorize it:

Probability =

(number of ways to be successful)

divided by

(total number of possibilities).

When you draw one from a deck of cards, there are 52 total possibilities.

How many red queens are there?

- - Queen of hearts

- - Queen of diamonds

There are two of them.

Probability of drawing one from the deck = 2 / 52 = 1/26 = about 3.8%.