SOLUTION: A card is drawn from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability that the card is an ace or a black card.

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Question 78615This question is from textbook Elementary Statistics
: A card is drawn from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability that the card is an ace or a black card. This question is from textbook Elementary Statistics

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A card is drawn from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability that the card is an ace or a black card.
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Prob(ace or black card)= Prob(ace) + Prob(black card) - P(ace and black card)
=4/52 + 26/52 -2/52
=28/52
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Cheers,
Stan H.