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

a spade

There are total 52 cards in a deck of cards.

⇒ Number of spade cards = 13


⇒ Favourable cases = 13


⇒ Probability of getting a spade card –


⇒ P(a spade) =


⇒ P(a spade) =


⇒ P(a spade) =


∴ Probability of getting a spade = .


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