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Five cards − the ten, jack, queen, king and ace of diamonds, are well-shuffled with their face downwards. One card is then picked up at random. What is the probability that the card is the queen? - Mathematics

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Five cards − the ten, jack, queen, king and ace of diamonds, are well-shuffled with their face downwards. One card is then picked up at random. 

What is the probability that the card is the queen?

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Solution

Five cards-the ten, jack, queen, king, and ace of diamonds are well shuffled with their face downwards of cards. One card is drawn at random.

TO FIND: Probability that The card is the queen.

total number of queens is 1

We know that PROBABILITY =`"Number of favourable event" /"Total number of event"`

Hence, the probability that the card taken out is queen is equal to =`1/5`

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Chapter 16: Probability - Exercise 16.1 [Page 23]

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RD Sharma Mathematics [English] Class 10
Chapter 16 Probability
Exercise 16.1 | Q 37.1 | Page 23
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