What are the odds in favour of getting a spade if a card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of cards? What are the odd in favour of getting a king?

given: pack of 52 playing cards

formula:


one card is drawn from the given pack of cards, total possible outcomes are 52C1


therefore n(S)=52C1=52


(i) let E be the event of getting a spade


n(E)= 13C1=13




Therefore, probability of event E’ is


P(E’) =1-P(E)



Odds in favour of getting a spade is P(E):P(E’) =1:3


(ii) let E be the event of getting a king


n(E)= 4C1=4




Therefore, probability of event E’ is


P(E’) =1-P(E)



Odds in favour of getting a king is P(E):P(E’) =1:12


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