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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
(ii) a red card
Solution
There are 52 playing cards in a pack.
Number of red cards = 26
P(drawing a red card) = `"Favourable outcomes"/"Total outcomes"` = `26/52` = `1/2`
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