SOLUTION: What is the probability of drawing a 3 of clubs or a heart?

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Question 101871: What is the probability of drawing a 3 of clubs or a heart?
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Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What is the probability of drawing a 3 of clubs or a heart?
P(3 of clubs or heart)= P(3 of clubs) + P(heart) = 1/52 + 1/4 = 14/52=7/26
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The probability of drawing a 3 Clubs, P(1), is equal to . The probability of drawing a Heart, P(2), is equal to . Since you could not pull a 3 Clubs that was also a Heart, they are mutually exclusive and in that case the probabilities would add. The probability of drawing a 3 Clubs or a Heart is equal to .
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