document.write( "Question 1096763: a card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 card. Find P(drawing an ace or a 9) \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #711181 by Edwin McCravy(20055) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Here are all possible 52 cards:\r\n" );
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document.write( "A♥   2♥   3♥   4♥   5♥   6♥   7♥   8♥  9♥  10♥  J♥  Q♥  K♥ \r\n" );
document.write( "A♦   2♦   3♦   4♦   5♦   6♦   7♦   8♦  9♦  10♦  J♦  Q♦  K♦\r\n" );
document.write( "A♠   2♠   3♠   4♠   5♠   6♠   7♠   8♠  9♠  10♠  J♠  Q♠  K♠  \r\n" );
document.write( "A♣   2♣   3♣   4♣   5♣   6♣   7♣   8♣  9♣  10♣  J♣  Q♣  K♣ \r\n" );
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document.write( "Here are the only \"successful\" cards:\r\n" );
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document.write( "A♥                                     9♥  \r\n" );
document.write( "A♦                                     9♦\r\n" );
document.write( "A♠                                     9♠   \r\n" );
document.write( "A♣                                     9♣  \r\n" );
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document.write( "Count them! There are 8 \"successful\" cards out of 52 possible cards,\r\n" );
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document.write( "In probability theory, when all possibilities are equally likely,\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"out of\" means \"over\". So 8 out of 52 is a probability of 8/52 which \r\n" );
document.write( "reduces to 2/13.\r\n" );
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