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