Problem

At a town fair, for one of the game booths contestants pick a single card from a standard deck and payouts are based on the card chosen. Express your answers as reduced fractions.
Find the probability that your card is
The probability that the first card picked up was a club and a 8

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Final Answer: The probability that the first card picked up was a club and an 8 is \(\boxed{\frac{1}{52}}\).

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Step 1 :A standard deck of cards has 52 cards: 13 each of clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades. Each suit has one 8 card.

Step 2 :So, the probability that the first card picked is a club and an 8 is the number of 8 of clubs divided by the total number of cards in the deck.

Step 3 :The probability is calculated as follows: \(\frac{1}{52}\)

Step 4 :Final Answer: The probability that the first card picked up was a club and an 8 is \(\boxed{\frac{1}{52}}\).

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