All jacks, queens and kings are removed from a pack of 52 playing cards. The remaining cards are well – shuffled and then a card is randomly drawn from it. Find the probability that this card is

(i) a black face card (ii) a red card

Total number of possible outcomes, n(S) = 52 – 12 = 40


(i) Since all jacks,


Number of favorable outcomes, n(E) =



68