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One card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is (i) a king (ii) a spade (iii) a red queen (iv) a black 8. |
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Answer» (i) Total number cards in a deck = 52 Number of kings in a deck of cards = 4 Probability (P) = \(\frac{Number\,of\,favorable\,outcomes}{Total\,number\,of\,outcomes}\) ∴ Probability of drawing a king from the deck of cards P(king) = \(\frac{Number\,of\,kings\,in\,a\,deck\,of\,cards}{Total\,number\,of\,cards\,in\,a\,deck}\) = \(\frac{4}{52}=\frac{1}{13}\) (ii) Total number cards in a deck = 52 Number of spades in a deck of cards = 13 Probability (P) = \(\frac{Number\,of\,favorable\,outcomes}{Total\,number\,of\,outcomes}\) ∴ Probability of drawing a spade from the deck of cards P(spade) = \(\frac{Number\,of\,spades\,in\,a\,deck\,of\,cards}{Total\,number\,of\,cards\,in\,a\,deck}\) = \(\frac{13}{52}=\frac{1}{4}\) (iii) Total number cards in a deck = 52 Chances of drawing a Red queen from the deck of cards = 2 (they are queen of hearts and queen of diamonds) Probability (P) = \(\frac{Number\,of\,favorable\,outcomes}{Total\,number\,of\,outcomes}\) ∴ Probability of drawing a Red queen from the deck of cards P(Red queen) = \(\frac{chances\,drawing\,a\,red\,queen\,from\,the\,deck\,of\,cards}{Total\,number\,of\,cards\,in\,a\,deck}\) = \(\frac{2}{52}=\frac{1}{26}\) (iv) Total number cards in a deck = 52 Chances of drawing a black 8 from the deck of cards = 2 (they are 8 of clubs and 8 of spades) Probability (P) = \(\frac{Number\,of\,favorable\,outcomes}{Total\,number\,of\,outcomes}\) ∴ Probability of drawing a black 8 from a deck of cards P(black 8) = \(\frac{chances\,drawing\,a\,black\,from\,from\,the\,deck\,of\,cards}{Total\,number\,of\,cards\,in\,a\,deck}\) = \(\frac{2}{52}=\frac{1}{26}\) |
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