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One card is drawn randomly from a well shuffled deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability that the drawn card is

(i) a Diamond (ii) not a Diamond (iii) not an Ace.

In a deck of 52 cards,13 = diamonds


13 = spade


13 = hearts


13 = club


And there are 4 aces.


(i) ⇒ probability



(ii) ⇒ probability



(iii) ⇒ probability




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