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Probability - JEE Mathematics question (JEE Main 2021 (Online) 16th March Morning Shift)

JEE Main 2021 (Online) 16th March Morning ShiftQuestion 1
A pack of cards has one card missing. Two cards are drawn randomly and are found to be spades. The probability that the missing card is not a spade, is :
Probability
Options for question 1, choose one

Solution

By Bayes: $P=\dfrac{\frac34\cdot\binom{13}{2}}{\frac14\binom{12}{2}+\frac34\binom{13}{2}}=\dfrac{3\cdot78}{66+3\cdot78}=\dfrac{234}{300}=\dfrac{39}{50}$.

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