Question

Roy and Zara go to the fairground.
A stall has a card game where a goldfish can be won if anyone can turn over a face card from a pack of 52 cards which are placed face down.
Calculate the probability, in its simplest form, of Zara winning the goldfish.

Answer 1

face cards are J, Q, and K

so, total face cards in pack of 52 cards = 3*4

=12 probability= Number of favorable outcomes / Total number of possible outcomes

= 12/52

=3/13