document.write( "Question 149736: A single card is drawn from a deck. Is the probability of getting a king or queen 1) 3/52, 2) 1/13), 3)7/52, or 4) 2/13\r
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A single card is drawn from a deck. Is the probability of getting a king or queen 1) 3/52, 2) 1/13), 3)7/52, or 4) 2/13 \r
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document.write( "This is the sample space of 52 cards:\r\n" );
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document.write( "AH 2H 3H 4H 5H 6H 7H 8H 9H 10H JH QH KH \r\n" );
document.write( "AD 2D 3D 4D 5D 6D 7D 8D 9D 10D JD QD KD\r\n" );
document.write( "AS 2S 3S 4S 5S 6S 7S 8S 9S 10S JS QS KS\r\n" );
document.write( "AC 2C 3C 4C 5C 6C 7C 8C 9C 10C JC QC KC\r\n" );
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document.write( "I will now color the successful cards red:\r\n" );
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document.write( "AH 2H 3H 4H 5H 6H 7H 8H 9H 10H JH QH KH \r\n" );
document.write( "AD 2D 3D 4D 5D 6D 7D 8D 9D 10D JD QD KD\r\n" );
document.write( "AS 2S 3S 4S 5S 6S 7S 8S 9S 10S JS QS KS\r\n" );
document.write( "AC 2C 3C 4C 5C 6C 7C 8C 9C 10C JC QC KC\r\n" );
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document.write( "So you see that there are only 8 ways to succeed in getting a king \r\n" );
document.write( "or queen, and there are 52 ways total to succeed or fail. So that's\r\n" );
document.write( "8 successful ways out of 52 possible ways, so to get the probability \r\n" );
document.write( "you put 8 over 52, getting the fraction  which reduces to .  \r\n" );
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