If one card is randomly selected from a well-shuffled standard deck of 52 cards, what is the probability that the card selected is not an Ace? Leave your answer as a reduced fraction.

Answer 1

Hi Bailey,

There are 4 aces in a deck of 52 cards. Thus:

P(Ace)=4/52

P(Non-Ace)=1-P(Ace)=

1-(4/52)=

48/52

Reduce this fraction; divide both numerator and denominator by 4:

P(Non-Ace)=12/13