Question

The king, the jack and the $10$ of spades are lost from a pack of $52$ cards and a card is drawn from the remaining cards after shuffling. Find the probability of getting a red card.

• A. 26/40
• B. 24/40
• C. 20/40
• D. 13/40

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B)

The correct options are
A 26/40
B 24/40

The total number of cards $52$

The Cards left King and jack and $10$ spades

The number of cards left are $40$

The no .of Red cards are $26$

So if the King and jack card which are missed are from Red

The the probability is $\frac{24}{40}$

Else

TheProbability is $\frac{26}{40}$