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In a game of bridge, West has no aces. What is the probability of his partner's having ano aces?b 2 or more aces? c What would the probabilities be if West had exactly 1 ace?

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If the West hand is chosen in a certain fashion, the result space is reduced to equally likely partner hands.

Make a list of possibilities.

Part a

aThe probability of his partner's having no aces is PE0∣W0=18.18%.

Part b

bThe probability of his partner's having 2or more aces isPE2∪E3∪E4∣W0=40.73%.

Part c

cThe probability will bePE0∣W1=28.24%;PE2∪E3∪E4∣W1=25.32%if West had exactly2 ace.

Step by step solution

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Step: 1 Principles:

For outcome space reduction,the uniform random formula is

P(A)=#of equally likely events inA#of equally likely eventsP(A∣B)=#of equally likely events inAifBoccurred#of equally likely events inB.

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Step: 2 Probability no aces: (part a)

East-west possible partner - 5213

The numbe of east hand - localid="1649492092335" 3913,the number of localid="1649492081417" 13-card among localid="1649492087719" 39-cards are not in west hand.

The possibilites are

localid="1649491553162" PE0∣W0=35133913PE0∣W0≈18.18%.

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Step: 3 Probability has two or more aces: (part b)

E0,E1,E2,E3,E4are five mutually exclusive events to make the whole outcome space.

The conditional probability P.W0is,

1=PE0∣W0+PE1∣W0+PE2∣W0+PE3∣W0+PE4∣W0⇓PE2∪E3∪E4∣W0=1−PE0∣W0−PE1∣W0PE1∣W0.

The numbe of east hand - 3913,the number of role="math" localid="1649492060783" 13-card among 39-cards are not in west hand.

The possibilities of 3512are

PE1∣W0=41×35123913≈41.09%PE2∪E3∪E4∣W0≈1−0.1818−0.4109=0.4073=40.73%.

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Step: 4 Possibilities if west had exactly two ace: (part c)

West has one ace - W1,the possibilties are

PE0∣W1=36133913≈28.45%PE2∪E3∪E4∣W1=1−PE0∣W1−PE1∣W1.

and PE1W1.

There are three choice of ace,the remaining 12cards of 3612is

PE1∣W1=3×36123913≈46.23%PE2∪E3∪E4∣W1≈1−0.2845−0.4623=0.2532=25.32%.

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