SOLUTION: A card is drwn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the probability of drwing a face card or a 3?

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Question 203648: A card is drwn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the probability of drwing a face card or a 3?
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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A card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the probability of drawing a face card or a 3?
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Since no face card is a 3 the events are independent.
P(face card or 3) = P(face card) + P(3)
= (12/52) + (4/52) = 16/52
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Stan H.