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A Card is Drawn from a Well-shuffled Pack of 52 Cards. Find the Probability of Getting a Black King. - Mathematics

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A card is drawn from a well-shuffled pack of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting a black king.

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Favourable outcomes = 2 (because there are 4 kings, 2 black and 2 red)

Total outcomes = 52

`P(E) = "Number of outcomes favourable to E"/"Number of all possible outcomes"`

`=2/52`

`=1/26`

Thus, the probability of getting a black king is`1/26.`

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Chapter 15: Probability - Exercise 15A [Page 688]

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R.S. Aggarwal Mathematics [English] Class 10
Chapter 15 Probability
Exercise 15A | Q 18.2 | Page 688
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