SOLUTION: The probability of pulling a heart or a red card from a deck of cards is?

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Question 798333: The probability of pulling a heart or a red card from a deck of cards is?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since a heart IS a red card, the problem may as well have read:
The probability of pulling a red card from a deck of cards is?
Since the deck is half red cards and half black cards, the answer
is simply "fifty-fifty" or 1/2.
Edwin