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Question
Five cards, the ten, jack, queen, king and ace of diamonds, are well-shuffled with their face downwards. One card is then picked up at random. What is the probability that the card is the queen?
Solution
Total number of cards = 5
total number of possibilities outcome = 5
Total number of queens = 1
`"Number of favourable outcomes"/"Total number of possible outcomes" = 1/5`
P (getting a queen) = `1/5`
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