SOLUTION: one card is randomly selectd from a deck of 52 cards. find the probability of selecting a black card or a picture card.

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Question 181531: one card is randomly selectd from a deck of 52 cards. find the probability of selecting a black card or a picture card.
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one card is randomly selectd from a deck of 52 cards. find the probability of selecting a black card or a picture card.
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Half of the cards are black, so it's 1/2.
There are 3 picture cards of each suit, a total of 12 (J, Q, and King).
So it's 3/13.