Multiple choice

From a pack of well shuffled cards two cards are drawn one after another without replacement. Find the probability of both cards to be the 'face card' of same color.

  1. 5/221

  2. 11/221

  3. 13/221

  4. 6/221

  5. None of these
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Deck has 52 cards: 12 face cards (J, Q, K of 4 suits), 6 red and 6 black. P(both same color face cards) = P(both red) + P(both black) = (6/52) × (5/51) + (6/52) × (5/51) = 30/2652 + 30/2652 = 60/2652 = 5/221. Option A is correct.

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