Question

A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card drawn is a diamond?

• A. $\frac{1}{2}$
• B. $\frac{1}{3}$
• C. $\frac{1}{4}$
• D. $\frac{1}{5}$

Answer 1

The correct option is C $\frac{1}{4}$

Given,

Total number of outcomes = 52

Number of diamonds = 13

Probability of an event, P(E) $=\frac{\text{number of favourable outcomes}}{\text{total number of outcomes}}$

P (getting a card of diamond) $=\frac{13}{52}=\frac{1}{4}$

Therefore, probability of getting a card of diamond is $\frac{1}{4}$.