Question

The king, queen, and jack of hearts are removed from a deck of 52 playing cards and well shuffled One card is selected from the remaining cards The probability of drawing a 10 of hearts is

• A. $\frac{10}{49}$
• B. $\frac{13}{49}$
• C. $\frac{3}{49}$
• D. $\frac{1}{49}$

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

$\frac{1}{49}$

Number of cards remaining after the king, queen, and jack of hearts have been removed$=52-3=49$

There is only one '$10$' of hearts

∴ P('10' of hearts) = $\frac{1}{49}$