One card is drawn from a well-shuffled pack of 52 cards. Find the probability that the card is a diamond:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → \(\frac{1}{4}\)
Probability is the number of favourable outcomes divided by the total number of outcomes, all equally likely. A pack has 4 suits of 13 cards each, so 13 of the 52 cards are diamonds.
Probability of drawing a diamond: \(\displaystyle P(\text{diamond})=\frac{13}{52}=\frac{1}{4}\)