SOLUTION: Select a card. one card is selected at random from a deck of cards. Determine the probability that the card selected is 9, 5 or 7

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Question 607541: Select a card. one card is selected at random from a deck of cards. Determine the probability that the card selected is 9, 5 or 7
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Select a card. one card is selected at random from a deck of cards. Determine the probability that the card selected is 9, 5 or 7
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Number of 9's in a deck: 4
Number of 5's in a deck: 4
Number of 7's in a deck: 4
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sub-total: 12
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Total number of cards in the deck: 52
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probability:
12/52 = 3/13 = 0.231 = 23%