Question

A card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is a spade card.

• A.
• B.
• C.
• D.

Answer 1

The correct option is A

Let E be the event of getting a picking a spade card from the deck

There are 26 black cards in a deck with 13 spades and 13 club cards

P(E) = $\frac{\text{(Number of outcomes favourable to E)}}{\text{(Total number of outcomes)}}$ = $\frac{13}{52}$ = $\frac{1}{4}$