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A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of playing cards. Find the probability of drawing a

(i) face card


(ii) card which is neither a king nor a r


d card.

There are 4 suits in a pack of 52 cards

13- Heart


13- Diamond


13- Spades


13- Clubs


Each suits has 1 ace , 1jack, 1king , 1queen


Face cards = king ,queen,jack


Total face cards = 12


(i) P (probability of drawing a face card ) =


(ii) P(probability of drawing a card which is neither a king nor a red card) =


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