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An ordinary deck of cards contains 52 cards divided into four suits. The red suits are diamonds and hearts and black suits are clubs and spades. The cards J, Q, and K are called face cards. Suppose we pick one card from the deck at random. What is the sample space of the experiment?
Solution
The outcomes in the sample space S are 52 cards in the deck.
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