Probability: Selecting Cards from Two Piles

Probability: Selecting Cards from Two Piles

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A standard pack of \(52\) playing cards is randomly divided into two unequal piles. Given that the probability of drawing a picture card from the smaller pile is \(\frac{4}{11}\) while the probability of drawing a non-picture card from the bigger pile is \(\frac{13}{15}\), find the number of cards in each pile.

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Answer:Smaller pile: \(22\) cards Larger pile: \(30\) cards

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