Suppose that from a standard deck, you draw three cards without replacement. What is the expected number of spades that you will draw

The expected number of spades that you will draw is 0.751 spades

Step-by-step explanation:

The expected value can be calculated as:

∑xₙ*pₙ

Where xₙ is the n-th event, and pₙ is the probability of that event.

First, let's count the possible events and calculate the probability for each one.

x₀ = drawing 0 spades.

Out of 52 cards, we have only 13 spades, then 52 - 13 = 39 are not spades.

Then the probability of not drawing a spade in the first draw is:

p1 = 39/52

In the second draw we will have a card less than before in the deck (so we have 38 cards that are not spades, and 51 cards in total), then the probability of not drawing a spade is:

p2 = 38/51

And with the same reasoning, in the third draw the probability is:

p3 = 37/50

The joint probability for this event will be:

p₀ = p1*p2*p3 = (39/52)*(38/51)*(37/50) = 0.413

Second event:

x₁ = drawing one spade.

Let's suppose that in the first draw we get the spade, the probability will be:

p1 = 13/52

In the second draw, we get no spade, then the probability is:

p2 = 39/51

in the third draw we also get no spade, the probability is:

p3 = 38/50

And we also have the case where the spade is drawn in the second draw, and in the third draw, then we have 3 permutations, this means that the probability of drawing only one spade is:

p₁ = 3*p1*p2*p3 = 3*(13/52)(39/51)*(38/50) = 0.436

third event:

x₂ = drawing two spades:

Let's assume that in the first draw we do not get a spade, then the probabilities are:

p1 = 39/52

p2 = 13/51

p3 = 12/50

And same as before, we will have 3 permutations, because we could not draw a spade in the second draw, or in the third, then the probability for this case is:

p₂ = 3*p1*p2*p3 = 3*( 39/52)*(13/51)*(12/50) = 0.138

And the last event:

x₃ = drawing 3 spades.

The probabilities will be:

p1 = 13/52

p2 = 12/51

p3 = 11/50

And there are no permutations here, so the joint probability is:

p₃ = p1*p2*p3 = (13/52)*(12/51)*(11/50) = 0.013

Now we can calculate the expected value:

EV = 0*0.413 + 1*0.436 + 2*0.138 + 3*0.013 = 0.751

The expected number of spades that you will draw is 0.751 spades

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