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Question
A card is picked up from a deck of 52 playing cards.
What is the event that the chosen card is a black faced card?
Solution
Let A be the event that the chosen card is a black faced card. Then,
A = {J♠, Q♠, K♠, J♣, Q♣, K♣}
Notes
Note: ♠ → Spade card, ♡ → Heart card, ♢→ Diamond card, ♣ → Club card
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