Multiple choice

Five cards- the Ten, Queen, King, Jack and Ace of spades are well shuffled with their faces downwards one card is then picked up at random. What is the probability of getting a jack?

  1. $\dfrac{1}{5}$
  2. $\dfrac{2}{5}$
  3. $\dfrac{1}{4}$
  4. $\dfrac{2}{3}$
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Explanation

There are 5 cards in total (Ten, Queen, King, Jack, Ace). The probability of picking a Jack is the number of Jacks (1) divided by the total number of cards (5), which is 1/5.

AI explanation

The total number of cards is 5. Since there is only 1 jack among the given cards, the number of favorable outcomes is 1. Using the basic probability formula, the probability of picking a jack is 1/5.

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