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Question
From a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards, one card is drawn at random. What is the probability of getting a queen?
Options
`1/13`
`1/26`
`4/39`
none of these
Solution
`1/13`
Explanation:
Total number of all possible outcomes= 52
Number of queens = 4
∴ P( getting a queen) = `4/52 = 1/13`
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