Question

A card is drawn from a pack of well-shuffled 52 playing cards. Find the probability that the card is drawn is a face card.

Answer 1

There are 52 playing cards in a pack. 

Number of face cards = 12

P(drawing a face card) = `"Favourable outcomes"/"Total outcomes"` = `12/52` = `3/13`

Answer 2

Event = { face cards }
n(E) = 12
P(E) = ?

∴ P(E) = `"n(E)"/"n(S)" = 12/52 = 3/13`.