Q26 of 180 Page 1

One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of drawing

(i) an ace (ii) a red king (iii) a diamond


OR


Two different dice are thrown together. Find the probability that the numbers obtained


(i) have a sum less than 7 (ii) is a doublet of odd numbers


Total number of cards = 52


We know, Probability of an event E is


P(E)


(i) Total number of possible outcomes = 52


The favourable outcomes = No. of aces in a deck = 4


P(an ace) =


(ii) Total number of possible outcomes = 52


The favourable outcomes = No. of red kings = 2


P(a red king) =


(iii) Total number of possible outcomes = 52


The favourable outcomes = No. of diamonds = 13


P(a diamond) =


OR


When two dices are tossed together, possible outcomes are


{ (1, 1), (1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (1, 5), (1, 6)


(2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 3), (2, 4), (2, 5), (2, 6)


(3, 1), (3, 2), (3, 3), (3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6)


(4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3), (4, 4), (4, 5), (4, 6)


(5, 1), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), (5, 5), (5, 6)


(6, 1), (6, 2), (6, 3), (6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6)}


(i) Total number of possible outcomes = 36


Number of favourable outcomes = 15 [(1,1), (1,2), (1,3), (1,4), (1,5), (2,1), (2,2), (2,3), (2,4), (3,1), (3,2), (3,3), (4,1), (4,2), (5,1)]


P (have a sum less than 7) =


(ii) Total number of possible outcomes = 36


Number of favourable outcomes = 9 [(1,1), (1,3), (1,5), (3,1), (3,3), (3,5), (5,1), (5,3), (5,5)]


P (doublet of odd numbers) =


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