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Question
Find the probability of getting an ace from a well shuffled deck of 52 playing cards.
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Solution
Number of aces = 4
Total number of cards = 52
∴ Probability of getting an ace from a well shuffled deck of 52 playing cards
= `"Favoirable outcomes"/"Total number of outcomes"`
= `4/52`
= `1/13`
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