A card is drawn at random from a pack of well shuffled deck of playing cards find the probability that the card is (a) a king or a jack (b)a card of spade or an ace (c)red card(d)black face card
Total number of possible outcomes = 52
(a) Number of king = 4
Number of jack = 4
Number of king or jack = 4 + 4 = 8
Probability(king or jack) =
(b) Number of spades = 13
Number of aces = 4
Number of ace of spade = 1
Number of spades or aces = 13 + 4 - 1 =16
Probability(spades or aces) =
(c) Number of red cards = 26
Probability(red card) =
(d) Number of black face cards = 6
Probability(black face cards) =
(a) Number of king = 4
Number of jack = 4
Number of king or jack = 4 + 4 = 8
Probability(king or jack) =
(b) Number of spades = 13
Number of aces = 4
Number of ace of spade = 1
Number of spades or aces = 13 + 4 - 1 =16
Probability(spades or aces) =
(c) Number of red cards = 26
Probability(red card) =
(d) Number of black face cards = 6
Probability(black face cards) =