(Q22)You have a single deck of well shuffled cards.

What is the probability that it is a face card?

Answer :

Face cards are J, Q, K.

∴ Number of outcomes favourable to face card = 4 × 3 = 12

No. of all possible outcomes = 52

∴ Probability P(E) =
No. of favourable outcomes
Total No. of outcomes
 =
12
 =
3