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Here's your shmoop du jour: A card is drawn at random from a 52 card deck.

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What is the probability of drawing both a red card and a queen?

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For this problem, let's assume Criss Angel is at least 500 yards away.

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Here are the potential answers...

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Ooh, a card problem. Vegas, baby!

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So... even if we haven't lost our shirt at the blackjack tables...

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...hopefully we're at least familiar with a card deck...

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It has 52 cards, with 13 cards in each of 4 suits -- the red suits are diamonds and

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hearts; the black suits are clubs and spades.

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So ONE card is drawn and they are asking for a RED QUEEN.

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Uh... no -- these queens.

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Well, there are only 2 cards that are both red AND a queen --

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-- the queen of hearts and the queen of diamonds.

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So the odds of pulling EITHER of those cards is a 2 out of 52 chance

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or, if we reduce the fraction...

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...1 out of 26

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The answer is E.

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As in, "Easy money."

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