alleryOne card is drawn from a well-shuffled pack of 52 cards. The probability that it is an ace is:
A1/13, as four cards qualify
B1/26, as two cards qualify
C4/13, as sixteen cards qualify
D1/4, as thirteen cards qualify
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. 1/13, as four cards qualify
1. A pack has 4 aces among 52 equally likely cards.
2. P(ace) = 4/52.
3. Simplify: 4/52 = 1/13.
_Source: syllabus Mathematics, Ch 14 'Probability' (kemh114)_
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