The king, queen and jack of clubs are removed from a deck of 52 playing cards and the remaining cards are shuffled.
The king, queen and jack of clubs are removed from a deck of 52 playing cards and the remaining cards are shuffled. A card is drawn from the remaining cards. Find the probability of getting a card of
(i) heart
(ii) queen
(iii) clubs.
2 Answers
Total no. of remaining cards = 52 – 3 = 49
(i) E⟶ event of getting hearts
No. of favorable outcomes = 3 {4 – 1}
Probability, P(E) = (No.of favorable outcomes)/(Total no.of possible outcomes)
P(E) = 13/49
(ii) E ⟶ event of getting queen
No. of favorable outcomes = 3 (4 – 1) {Since queen of clubs is removed}
P(E) = 3/49
(iii) E ⟶ event of getting clubs
No. of favorable outcomes = 10 (13 – 3) {Since 3 club cards are removed}
P(E) = 10/49
Total number of possible outcomes, n(S) = 52 – 3 = 49
(i) Number of favorable outcomes,
n(E) = 13
∴ P(E) = \(\frac{n(E)}{n(S)}\) = \(\frac{13}{49}\)
(ii) Number of favorable outcomes, n(E) = 4 – 1 = 3
∴ P(E) = \(\frac{n(E)}{n(S)}\) = \(\frac{3}{49}\)
(iii) Number of favorable outcomes, n(E) = 13 – 3 = 10
∴ P(E) = \(\frac{n(E)}{n(S)}\) = \(\frac{10}{49}\)