Question

One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of $52$ cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is a spade or a face card:

• A. $\frac{9}{26}$
• B. $\frac{3}{26}$
• C. $\frac{11}{26}$
• D. None of these

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

$\frac{11}{26}$

Total number of outcomes $=52$
Favourable outcomes (Spade or a face card) $=13$ Spade cards and $9$ face cards other than spade face cards $=22$
Probability $=\frac{22}{52}=\frac{11}{26}$