SOLUTION: A single card is selected from a deck. find the probability that it is king or a red card.

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Question 1202705: A single card is selected from a deck. find the probability that it is king or a red card.
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A single card is selected from a deck. find the probability that it is king or a red card.
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The number of all possible outcomes is 52 (= the number of cards in a standard card deck).

The number of all possible favorable outcomes is   = 26 + 2 = 28.

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    |    Here the addend  52/2 = 26 represents 26 red cards;         |
    |         the addend     2      represents 2 (two) black kings.  |
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The answer to the problem's question is this ratio

    P =  =  = .

Solved.


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