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

(i) A king of red colour


(ii) A face card


(iii) A red face card


(iv) The jack of hearts


(v) A spade


(vi) The queen of diamonds

Concept Used: In a deck of cards, there are a total of 52 cards.



Of each type contain one king, one queen, one jack and one ace



Explanation:


(i) Total number of kings of red colour = 2


The probability of getting a king of red colour


(ii) Total number of face cards = 12


The probability of obtaining a face card


(iii) Total number of red face cards = 6


The probability of getting a red face card


(iv) Total number of Jack of hearts = 1


The probability of obtaining a Jack of hearts


(v) Total number of spade cards = 13


The probability of obtaining a spade card


(vi) Total number of the queen of diamonds = 1


The probability of getting a queen of diamond


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