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Question
A card is drawn from a pack of well - shuffled 52 playing cards . Find the probability that the card drawn is
(i) a diamond
Solution
There are 52 playing cards in a pack.
There are 13 diamond cards.
P(card drawn is a diamond) = `"favourable outcomes "/"Total outcomes"` = `13/52` =`1/4`
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