Question

One card is randomly drawn from a pack of 52 cards. Find the probability that: the drawn card is red.

Answer 1

In randomly drawing a card from 52 cards.

n(S) = 52

Let A denote the event that the drawn card is red.

n(A) = 26

∴ P(A) = `"n(A)"/"n(S)" = 26/52 = 1/2`.