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A card from a pack of 52 cards is lost. From the remaining 51 cards, n cards are
drawn and are found to be spades. If the probability of the lost card to be a spade is 
, the n is equal to.
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Verified by ExpertsThe correct answer is:
B
n cards are drawn & are found all spade, thus remaining spades 
remaining total cards 
Now given that P (lost card is spade) 
i.e. 
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