SOLUTION: A card is drawn from a stanard deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card is an ace or a red card?

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Question 26743: A card is drawn from a stanard deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card is an ace or a red card?
Answer by longjonsilver(2297) About Me  (Show Source):
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Easiest method here is to think about the cards... there are 52. 26 are red. There are also 2 other aces --> the 2 black ones, so a total of 28 cards fit the criteria

So P = 28/52 --> 7/13

Jon.