SOLUTION: find the probability of drawing either a jack or a red card(diamonds or hearts) from a standard deck of cards

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Question 1171329: find the probability of drawing either a jack or a red card(diamonds or hearts) from a standard deck of cards
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
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The set of successful cards consists of the 26 red cards plus the two black
jacks.  That's 28 successful cards out of 52 possible cards.

Probability = 28 out of 52 = 28/52= 7/13

Edwin