Multiple choice

Two cards are drawn form a well-shuffled pack of cards, such that one is a club and the other is a king. Find the total number of ways in which this can be done.

  1. 16

  2. 17

  3. 18

  4. 13

  5. None of these
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AI explanation

Use the addition principle to find the total ways to draw one club and one king. You can either draw the king of clubs with any other club, giving 12 ways, or draw a non-club king with any club, giving 3 times 1 for 3 ways. Adding these mutually exclusive scenarios yields 12 plus 3 for a total of 16 ways.

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