Question

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

(i) a king of red colour

(ii) a face card

(iii) a red face card

(iv) the jack of hearts

(v) a spade

(vi) the queen of diamonds

Answer 1

Total number of cards in a well-shuffled deck = 52

(i) Total number of kings of red colour = 2

P (getting a king of red colour)

(ii) Total number of face cards = 12

P (getting a face card)

(iii) Total number of red face cards = 6

P (getting a red face card)

(iv) Total number of Jack of hearts = 1

P (getting a Jack of hearts)

(v) Total number of spade cards = 13

P (getting a spade card)

(vi) Total number of queen of diamonds = 1

P (getting a queen of diamond)