Question

A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled pack of 52 cards.
Find the probability of getting (i) a red king, (ii) a queen or a jack.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - `(i) 1/26 (ii) 2/13 `
Total number of cards = 52.
(i) Number of red kings = 2.
` :. ` P(getting a red king) ` = 2/52 = 1/26`.
(ii) There are 4 queen and 4 jacks.
` :. ` P(getting a queen or a jack) ` =8/52 = 2/13`.