Question

The probability of getting a red card from a well-shuffled 52 pack card is ___

• A. 1/3
• B. 1/2
• C. 1/13
• D. 1/26

Answer 1

The correct option is B 1/2

The suits which are red in colour are the hearts and the diamonds with 13 cards each. Hence the total number of red cards are 26. Then the number of favourable outcomes will be 26 and the total number of outcomes is 52.

$\therefore$ The probability of getting a red card from a well-shuffled 52 pack card = $\frac{\text{number of favourable outcomes}}{\text{total number of outcomes}}$ = $\frac{26}{52}$ = $\frac{1}{2}$