SOLUTION: Find the probability of choosing either a spade or a face card (King, Queen, Jack) out of a standard deck of cards.

Question 608803: Find the probability of choosing either a spade or a face card (King, Queen, Jack) out of a standard
deck of cards.

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the probability of choosing either a spade or a face card (King, Queen, Jack) out of a standard
deck of cards.

You want to know the probability of getting 
one of these 22 cards  


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

out of these 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♣

That's 22 out of 52, which we make into a fraction  which
reduces to 

Edwin

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