Gopibuys a fish from a shop for his aquarium. The shopkeeper takes out one fish at random from a tank containing 5 male fish and 8 female fish.
What is the probability that the fish taken out is a male fish?
(i) 8?
(ii) an odd number?
(iii) a number greater than 2?
(iv) a number less than 9?
A die is thrown once, find the probability of getting
(i) a prime number.
(ii) a number lying between 2 and 6.
(iii) an odd number.
One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting
(i) a king of red colour.
One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting
a face card.
One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting
a red face card.
One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting
the Jack of hearts.
One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting
a spade
Let I be the favourable outcomes of getting a spade, then
n(I) = 13
Therefore :
One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting
the queen of diamonds.
Five cards - the ten, jack, queen, king and ace of diamonds are well-shuffled with their face down wards. One card is then picked up at random.
(i) What is the probability that the card is a queen?