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Question
A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the probability of getting a black king?
Options
`1/13`
`1/26`
`2/39`
none of these
Solution
`1/26`
Explanation:
Total number of all possible outcomes = 52
Number of black kings = 2
∴ P( getting a black king) = `2/52 = 1/26`
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