SOLUTION: What is the probability of drawing a spade or a diamond face card?

Question 1145318: What is the probability of drawing a spade or a diamond face card?
Found 2 solutions by richwmiller, greenestamps:
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 3 face cards in each suit and 52 cards in a deck
3+3=6
6/52=.11538461538 = 11.538461538%~ 11.54%

Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

"... a spade or a diamond face card" is ambiguous....

(1) The probability that the card is either a spade, or a face card that is a diamond

13 spades; 3 diamond face cards; 52 cards total --> ANSWER (13+3)/52 = 16/52 = 4/13

(2) The probability that the card is a face card that is either a spade or a diamond

3 spade face cards and 3 diamond face cards; 52 cards total --> ANSWER (3+3)/52 = 6/52 = 3/26
RELATED QUESTIONS
If a card is drawn from an ordinary deck, find he probability of drawing each of the... (answered by rothauserc)
A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the probability... (answered by Fombitz)
in drawing one card from a deck of 52 playing cards what is the probability of choosing a (answered by rfer)
In a standard deck of 52 playing cards, what is the probability of drawing a heart, club, (answered by drj)
a card is randomly drawn from a standard deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of... (answered by Boreal)
What is the probability of drawing a face card or a black... (answered by solver91311)
If you draw one card from a standard deck of cards, what is the probability of drawing... (answered by MathLover1)
If you draw one card from a standard deck of cards, what is the probability of drawing... (answered by Boreal)
If you draw one card from a standard deck pf cards, what is the probability of drawing... (answered by ikleyn)