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One card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting (a) Non face card, (b) Black king or a Red queen, (c) Spade card.

In a deck,


Total Number of cards = 52


Number of face cards = 12


⇒ Number of non-face cards = 52 – 12 = 40


Number of black kings = 2


Number of red queen = 2


Number of spade cards = 13


Formula used


Probability of an event


(a) Probability of getting a non-face card



(b) Probability of getting a black king or red queen




(c) Probability of getting a spade



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