5.7 If a card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards, what is the probability of getting each of the following?
(a) A red queen
(b) A'5' card (c) A'4' of spades (d) An ace
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5.7 If a card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards, what is the probability of getting each of the following?
(a) A red queen
(b) A'5' card (c) A'4' of spades (d) An ace
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Answer:
So for this question you need to have some knowledge about playing cards:
There 52 cards in all divided into four categories- heart and diamond (red) and spade and club(black). Under each of these groups there are 13 cards.
An ace, 2-10 and king, queen and jack (13).
As per the question:
(a) there 2 red queens so - 2/52 or 1/26
(b) there are "4" 5 cards - 4/52 or 1/13
(c) only one 4 of spades - 1/52
(d) "4" aces - 4/52 or 1/13
Hope you understood the answer!
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