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Question
A card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. Find the probability that card drawn is a heart
Solution
E⟶ event of getting a heart.
No. of favourable outcomes = 13 {13 hearts}
We know that, P(E) =`"No.of favorable outcomes"/"Total no.of possible outcomes"`
P(E) =13/52 =1/4
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