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

(i) a jack of red colour.


(ii) a red card


(iii) an ace of hearts.


(iv) the Queen of diamonds.


(v) a spade

(i) The no. of jack of red colour = 2


The total no. of cards = 52


Probability (Getting a jack of red colour)


=


⇒ =


(ii) The no. of Red cards = 26


The no. of total cards = 52


Probability (Getting a red card )


=


⇒ =


(iii) The no. of ace of hearts = 1


The no. of total cards = 52


Probability (Getting an ace of hearts)


=


=


(iv)The no. of queen of diamonds = 1


The no. of total cards = 52


Probability (Getting the queen of diamonds)


=


=


(v)The no of Spade cards = 13


The no. of total cards = 52


Probability (Getting a Spade) =



⇒ =


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