Question

A card is drawn from an ordinary pack of $52$ playing cards and a gambler bets it as a spade or an ace. The probability that he wins the bet is?

• A. $\frac{2}{13}$
• B. $\frac{3}{13}$
• C. $\frac{4}{13}$
• D. $\frac{1}{13}$

Answer 1

The correct option is C $\frac{4}{13}$

There are 4 aces including spade ace

13 spade includes its ace

So there are remaining 3 ace

Total number of favourable choice=13+3=16

Probability=16/52=4/13