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Q.A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled pack of 52 playing cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is

(i) a king,
(ii) a red card,
(iii) a red king.
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Sample space. A standard deck has 5252 cards, so n(S)=52n(S)=52.

  1. Probability of a king. A deck has 44 kings (one per suit). P(king)=452=113P(\text{king}) = \dfrac{4}{52} = \dfrac{1}{13}.
  2. Probability of a red card. A deck has 2626 red cards (hearts and diamonds, 13 each). P(red)=2652=12P(\text{red}) = \dfrac{26}{52} = \dfrac{1}{2}.
  3. Probability of a red king. There are exactly 22 red kings (king of hearts, king of diamonds). P(red king)=252=126P(\text{red king}) = \dfrac{2}{52} = \dfrac{1}{26}. …

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