Question

a card is drawn at random from a well shuffled deck of playing cards find the probability of a red face card

Answer 1

Total number of outcomes = 52

(There are 52 playing cards in a deck)

Favourable outcomes (red face card) = Heart King, heart queen, heart Jack and Diamond king, diamond queen and diamond jack

Number of favourable outcomes = 6


$\underline{ \bf{probability(red \: face \: card)}}$


$\boxed{ \bf{ = \frac{favourable \: outcomes}{total \: number \: of \: outcomes \: } }}$



$\bf{ = \frac{6}{52} }$


$= \frac{ \cancel6 \: 3}{ \cancel{52} \: 26}$


$= \frac{3}{26}$


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$\boxed{ \bf{Note}}$


Probability can never be smaller than 0 .

It can also never be greater than 1 .