Question

A card is drawn at random from a well -shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting (i) a queen (ii) a diamond (iii) a king or an ace (iv) a red ace. Select the correct answer from above options

Answer 1

Correct Answer - ` (i) 1/13 (ii) 1/4 (iii) 2/13 (iv) 1/26` (i) There are 4 queens. ` :. ` P(getting a queen) ` = 4/52 = 1/13`. (ii) There are 13 diamonds. ` :. ` P(getting a diamond) = `13/52 = 1/4`. (iii) There are 4 kings and 4 aces. ` :. ` P(getting a king or an ace) ` = 2/52 = 1/26`. (iv) There are two red kings. ` :. ` P(getting a red king) ` = 2/52 = 1/26`.