Question

A card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is:
a) a jack, queen or a king
b) neither a heart nor a king
c) red card and a queen
d) other than an ace

Answer 1

A pack of card contains 4 Jack , 4 queen and 4 king

so totally 12

a) P(E)=12/52

= 3/13

Heart is 13 king is 4

totally 13 +4=17

as hearts and king is not included

52-17 =35

b)P(E)=35/52

red card is totally 26 and totally 2 black queens as already 2 queens are in red cards

c)P(E)=28/52

=7/13

Ace is totally 4

52-4=48

d)P(E)=48/52

. . . =12/13