Question

From a pack of 52 playing cards kings and queens of red colour are removed and then well shuffled. A

card is drawn at random from the rest cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is

(i) a face card (ii) an ace (iii) a red car​

Answer 1

Answer:

no of cards left= 48

Answer 2

Answer:

(a) Total cards = 52−8=44

(i) No. of queens of black colour = 2

∴ probability =

44

2

=

22

1

(ii) No. of red cards =26−8=18

∴ probability =

44

18

=

22

9

(iii) no. of tens = 4

∴ probability =

44

4

=

11

1

(iv) No. of remaining picture cards =2+2+2=6

∴ probability =

44

6

=

22

3

(b) Total cards = 52−12=40

(i) No. of remaining face cards (only Kings are remaining) = 4

∴ probability =

40

4

=

10

1

(ii) No. of cards that are not face cards = 36

∴ probability =

40

36

=

10

9