SOLUTION: In how many ways can you draw a club or a face card from an ordinary deck of playing cards? I know that you have to use the multiplication principle of counting but I just do

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Question 44766: In how many ways can you draw a club or a face card from an ordinary deck of playing cards?

I know that you have to use the multiplication principle of counting but I just don't know where to start

Answer by Nate(3500)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
club cards + face cards - face clubs that are clubs
13/52 + 12/52 - 3/52 = 22/52
22 different ways

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