Question

One card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting

a) a king of red colour

b) the jack of hearts

Answer 1

The total number of sample points in the sample space = n(S) = 52

a)The number of king cards of red colour = 2

P(getting a king of red colour) =$\frac{2}{52}$ = $\frac{1}{26}$

b)Jack of hearts is only one card in the pack of 52 cards

P(getting jack of hearts) =$\frac{1}{52}$