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Mathematics · 2024 · 2 marks
CBSE 2024 · Region 5 · Set 3 · Q21
The king, queen and ace of clubs and diamonds are removed from a deck of $\displaystyle 52$ playing cards and the remaining cards are shuffled. A card is randomly drawn from the remaining cards. Find the probability of getting(i)a card of clubs.(ii)a red coloured card.
The king, queen and ace of clubs and diamonds are removed from a deck of $\displaystyle 52$ playing cards and the remaining cards are shuffled. A card is randomly drawn from the remaining cards. Find the probability of getting
(i)
a card of clubs.
(ii)
a red coloured card.
Marking-scheme solution
Total cards left \(\displaystyle =52-3-3=46\)
(i) \(\displaystyle \mathrm{P}(\) card of clubs \(\displaystyle )=\frac{10}{46} \quad\) or \(\displaystyle \frac{5}{23}\)
(ii) \(\displaystyle \mathrm{P}\) (red coloured card) \(\displaystyle =\quad \frac{23}{46}\) or \(\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}\)
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