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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 black card
Solution
Let S denote the sample space.
Then, n(S) = 52
Let E10 = event of drawing a black card
We know that there are 26 black cards, i.e. 13 spades and 13 clubs.
Then n (E10) = 26
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