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A pack of cards consists of 52 cards. There are four suits each containing 13 cards called as
spades, clubs, hearts and diamonds.
All the spades and clubs are black cards while hearts and diamonds are red cards. The aces,
kings, queens and jacks are known are face cards.
In each suit there is one ace, one king, one queen and one jack and rest 9 cards are
numbered cards.

Spades (13)
Black (26)
Clubs (13)

All cards
(52)

Hearts (13)
Red (26)

Diamonds
(13)

Numbers (9):
2-10
Diamonds (13)
Honours (4): Ace,
Jack, Queen, King
FACE CARDS: Jack, queen and king are called face cards. So from the honour cards if we
remove the Ace, they are a set of face cards.

Solved Examples
1) From a normal pack of cards 1 card is drawn find that probability that it is:
a) Red card=
b) Clubs card =
c) Honour Card : K, Q, J, A :
d) Numerical cards : 1 to10:
e) Ordinary cards : 2 to 10:

13
10
13
9
13

f) Face card : K, Q, J:

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g) A King :
h) A king and a black card: Clubs or Spades king:
i) A king or a black card: All 26 black cards, hearts king, diamond king:
j) Black honour card: K, Q, J of Clubs and Spades =
k) Red number card: 1 to 10 of hearts and diamonds=
2) From a normal pack of cards 2 cards are drawn
(a)
Simultaneously
(b)
Successively with replacement
(c)
Successively without replacement
(i)

Find the probability that I will get 2 queens

(a)

Simultaneously:

(b)

Successively (Without Replacement) :

(c)

Successively (with Replacement) :

(ii)

One is a queen, One is a King

(a)

Simultaneously:

(b)

Successively (Without Replacement):

(c)

Successively (With Replacement):

C2

52

C2
4 3

52 51

4 4

52 52

C1 4 C1
52

C2
4 4
2
52 51
4 4
2
52 52

(iii)
The first is a King, second is a Queen
a) NO Simultaneous
4 4
b) Successively (Without Replacement):

52 51
4 4
c) Successively (With Replacement):

52 52
3) From a normal pack, 3 cards are drawn one after another with replacement. Find
the probability that there are 2 face cards & one non-faced cards ?
Answer: Face cards are K, Q, J. There are 4 cards of each such value (4 suits), therefore there
in total 12 face cards . Therefore there are 40 non-face cards.
Probability of drawing a face card = 12/52 = 313
Probability of drawing a non-face card = 40/52 =10/13
Probability that there are 2 face cards

&

one

non-faced

cards

3 3 10 3 10 3 10 3 3

13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13

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90

133

Alternatively using binomial method

Px r n Cr p r q n r

Three cards are to be drawn, so n=3

Success = Getting a face card
We need two successes, therefore r=2
Probability of getting a face card= 3/13 so p=3/13
Probability of not getting a face card= 10/13 so q= 10/13
Using the formula
3
C2 X (3/13)2 X (10/13)
2

3 10
3
13 13

4) 10 cards are drawn form a normal pack. Find the probability that 7 among them are
honour card & three are ordinary.
Answer: Ten cards are to be drawn, so n=10
Success = Getting an honour card
We need seven successes, therefore r=7
Probability of getting a honour card= 4/13 so p=4/13
Probability of not getting a honour card= 9/13 so q= 9/13
Using binomial
Px r n Cr p r q n r
7

10

4 9
C7
13 13

5) If 10 cards are picked in one draw, then find the probability of getting three 10's,
four J's & three queens.
Answer:
3

10!
1 1 1

3!4!3! 13 13 13

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