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A card is drawn from a standard pack of playing cards. It is known that this card is red. What is the probability that it is a King? (A standard pack of playing cards has 52 cards. They are in 2 colors – red and black. There are 4 suits Spades, Hearts, Diamonds and Clubs. Each suit has 13 cards: Ace, 2, 3, --- 9, 10, Jack, Queen and King. Hearts and Diamonds are red in color while Spades and Clubs are black.)

  1. 1/13

  2. 2/52

  3. 4/26

  4. 1/52

  5. 1/2
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Explanation

There are 26 cards in red color out of which 2 are Kings. Hence, the required probability is 2/26 = 1/13.

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