SOLUTION: You shuffle a standard deck of playing cardsand choose a card at random. What is the probability that you choose a face card ( jack, king, or queen) or a club card?

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Question 1005328: You shuffle a standard deck of playing cardsand choose a card at random. What is the probability that you choose a face card ( jack, king, or queen) or a club card?
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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J,Q,K: there are 12 such cards. There are 13 clubs, but three of them are J,Q,K. Therefore, there are 12+13-3=22/52 such cards.
probability is 11/26.