A card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards.
Find the probability that the card will:
(i) Be an ace
(ii) Not be an ace
Solution:
In a deck, there are 52 cards, and all outcomes are equally likely.
(i) There are 4 aces in a deck.
So, the probability of drawing an ace is:
P(ace)=4/52=1/13
(ii) There are 48 cards that are not aces (since 52 – 4 = 48).
So, the probability of drawing a card that is not an ace is:
P(not an ace) = 48/52 = 12/13