PROBABILITY 3

Find the probability of getting a king from the ordinary deck of 52 cards.

Solution

n(E) = 4 [since there are 4 types of a King card]    n(S) =52

P(E)= n(E)

          n(S)

P(E)= 4

        52

P(E)= 1

        13

Hence probability of having a King card is ¹/13

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