All the jacks, queens and kings are removed from a deck of 52 playing cards. The remaining cards are well shuffled and then one card is drawn at random. Giving ace a value 1 similar value for other cards, find the probability that the card has a value.

(i) 7


(ii) greater than 7


(iii) less than 7


In out of 52 playing cards, 4 jacks, 4 queens and 4 kings are removed, then the remaining cards are left,

n(S) = 52 - 3×4 = 40


(i) Let E1 = Event of getting a card whose value is 7


E = Card value 7 may be of a spade, a diamond, a club or a heart


n(E1) = 4



(ii) Let E2 = Event of getting a card whose value is greater than 7


= Event of getting a card whose value is 8, 9 or 10


(E2)



(iii) Let E3 = Event of getting a card whose value is less than 7


= Event of getting a card whose value is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6


n(E3) = 6×4 = 24



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