In a certain card game, the probability that a player is dealt a particular hand is 0.48. Explain what this probability means. If you play this card game 100 times, will you be dealt this hand exactly 48 times? Why or why not?

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Alessandra Booker

28 June, 18:29

In a certain card game, the probability that a player is dealt a particular hand is 0.48. Explain what this probability means. If you play this card game 100 times, will you be dealt this hand exactly 48 times? Why or why not?

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Ellen Singleton · Answer 1

No, you will not be dealt the particular hand exactly 29 times.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that in a certain card game, the probability that a player is dealt a particular hand is 0.48. We are asked to explain the meaning of this probability.

The given probability (0.48) means that approximately 48 out of every 100 dealt hands will be that particular hand.

It is not true that you will be dealt the particular hand exactly 29 times, if you play this card game 100 times because probability indicates to what is expected in the long term not the short term.