A special deck of cards has 5 green cards , and 3 yellow cards

Question

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

G = card drawn is green

E = card drawn is even-numbered

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

 

b. P(E) = (Round to 4 decimal places)

Answer 1

P(E) = 3/8 = 0.1250

there are 8 cards, 3 are even. chance of an even card on one draw is 3 out 8 or 3/8 = 0.125