Probability of drawing red card from deck = ?

A standard deck has 52 cards divided into four suits: hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades. Hearts and diamonds are red, while clubs and spades are black. Each suit has 13 cards, so the number of red cards is 13 + 13 = 26. The probability of drawing a red card is therefore the number of favorable outcomes divided by the total number of outcomes: 26/52. This simplifies to 1/2. Option B, 1/4, would describe the probability of drawing one specific suit, such as hearts only. Option C, 1/13, would describe one specific rank in the deck, such as a particular value across suits. Option D does not correspond to the card structure of a standard deck. Since exactly half the deck is red, the correct probability is 26/52 = 1/2. Study Guide references/topics: card probability, favorable outcomes, sample space, theoretical probability.

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