document.write( "Question 409990: If a fair coin is flipped and a card is randomly drawn what is the probability that the coin will land heads up or the card will be a heart? Why?\r
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If a fair coin is flipped and a card is randomly drawn what is the probability that the coin will land heads up or the card will be a heart? Why?
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\n" ); document.write( "These outcomes are independent events
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\n" ); document.write( "P(heads) = 1/2
\n" ); document.write( "P(heart) = 13/52 = 1/4
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\n" ); document.write( "P(head and heart) = (1/2)(1/4) = 1/8
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\n" ); document.write( "P(head or heart) = P(head)+p(heart)-P(head and heart)
\n" ); document.write( "= 1/2 + 1/4 - 1/8
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\n" ); document.write( "= 4/8 + 2/8 - 1/8 = 5/8
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