SOLUTION: For the experiment of drawing a single card from a standard 52-card deck, find (a) the probability, and (b) the odds in favor of the following event: drawing a jack OR a heart

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Question 1069484: For the experiment of drawing a single card from a standard 52-card deck, find (a) the probability, and (b) the odds in favor of the following event: drawing a jack OR a heart
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 13 hearts in the deck, there are 4 jacks in the deck, there is one Jack of hearts.
P=%2813%2B4-1%29%2F52=16%2F52=4%2F13
Probability shows you outcomes for the event divided by total outcomes.
For odds, you need outcomes against the event.
Just subtract "outcomes for" from total outcomes.
O%5BA%5D=13-4=9
O%5BF%5D=4
So odds in favor would be 4:9.