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Question
A card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is a diamond card
Solution
Let S denote the sample space.
Then, n(S) = 52
Let E8 = event of drawing a diamond card.
There are 13 diamond cards in a pack of 52 cards, out of which one diamond can be drawn in 13C1 .
∴ n (E8) = 13
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