<PRE><B>Question 409990</B>
If a fair coin is flipped and a card is randomly drawn what is the probability that the coin will land heads up or the card will be a heart? Why? 
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These outcomes are independent events 
so you should multiply the individual 
probabilities.
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P(heads) = 1/2
P(heart) = 13/52 = 1/4
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P(head and heart) = (1/2)(1/4) = 1/8
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P(head or heart) = P(head)+p(heart)-P(head and heart)
= 1/2 + 1/4 - 1/8
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= 4/8 + 2/8 - 1/8 = 5/8
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Cheers,
Stan H.</PRE>