SOLUTION: Consider the experiment of drawing a card on a deck of 52 playing cards. What is the probability of drawing a red card or a face card?
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Question 1179594: Consider the experiment of drawing a card on a deck of 52 playing cards. What is the probability of drawing a red card or a face card? Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There are 52 cards in a pack
here are 26 red cards so the probability of drawing a red card is 26/52
There are 12 face cards so the probability of drawing one is 12/52
6 face cards are red so the probability of drawing one is 6/52
To avoid double counting subtract
Probability of drawing a red card or a face card is 26/52 + 12/52 - 6/52 = 32/52 = 8/13
