SOLUTION: A card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting a king or heart or a red card

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Question 1093173: A card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting a king or heart or a red card
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Here is the sample space of all 52 cards:
 
A♥   2♥   3♥   4♥   5♥   6♥   7♥   8♥  9♥  10♥  J♥  Q♥  K♥ 
A♦   2♦   3♦   4♦   5♦   6♦   7♦   8♦  9♦  10♦  J♦  Q♦  K♦
A♠   2♠   3♠   4♠   5♠   6♠   7♠   8♠  9♠  10♠  J♠  Q♠  K♠  
A♣   2♣   3♣   4♣   5♣   6♣   7♣   8♣  9♣  10♣  J♣  Q♣  K♣ 

Here is the subset of successful drawings, every card that is
a king or heart or a red card.


 
A♥   2♥   3♥   4♥   5♥   6♥   7♥   8♥  9♥  10♥  J♥  Q♥  K♥ 
A♦   2♦   3♦   4♦   5♦   6♦   7♦   8♦  9♦  10♦  J♦  Q♦  K♦
                                                        K♠  
                                                        K♣ 

Count them.  I count 28.  So the probability is 28 ways out of 52.
In probability theory, "out of" means "over".  So the probability
is 28 over 52, or 28/52 which reduces to 7/13.

Edwin

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