A card is drawn at random from a standard deck of 52 cards. What is the probability. that it is: a) A heart or a face card? b) An ace of a diamond? c) A face card or an ace?
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However, 3 of the face cards are also hearts, so we have to subtract those out to avoid double-counting. So the total number of favorable outcomes is 13 (hearts) + 12 (face cards) - 3 (heart face cards) = 22. The probability is therefore 22/52 = 11/26. Show more…
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