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Question
One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting a black face card.
Solution
Total possible outcomes = 52
Number of black cards = 26
Number of black face cards = 6
Number of favorable outcomes = 6
P(black face card) = `6/52 = 3/26`
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