<PRE><B>Question 608803</B>
Find the probability of choosing either a spade or a face card (King, Queen, Jack) out of a standard 
    deck of cards.
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You want to know the probability of getting 
one of these 22 cards  

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                               J&amp;#9829; Q&amp;#9829; K&amp;#9829; 
                               J&amp;#9830; Q&amp;#9830; K&amp;#9830;&lt;/font&gt;
A&amp;#9824; 2&amp;#9824; 3&amp;#9824; 4&amp;#9824; 5&amp;#9824; 6&amp;#9824; 7&amp;#9824; 8&amp;#9824; 9&amp;#9824; 10&amp;#9824; J&amp;#9824; Q&amp;#9824; K&amp;#9824;&lt;/font&gt; 
                               J&amp;#9827; Q&amp;#9827; K&amp;#9827;

out of these 52 cards:

 
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A&amp;#9829; 2&amp;#9829; 3&amp;#9829; 4&amp;#9829; 5&amp;#9829; 6&amp;#9829; 7&amp;#9829; 8&amp;#9829; 9&amp;#9829; 10&amp;#9829; J&amp;#9829; Q&amp;#9829; K&amp;#9829; 
A&amp;#9830; 2&amp;#9830; 3&amp;#9830; 4&amp;#9830; 5&amp;#9830; 6&amp;#9830; 7&amp;#9830; 8&amp;#9830; 9&amp;#9830; 10&amp;#9830; J&amp;#9830; Q&amp;#9830; K&amp;#9830;&lt;/font&gt;
A&amp;#9824; 2&amp;#9824; 3&amp;#9824; 4&amp;#9824; 5&amp;#9824; 6&amp;#9824; 7&amp;#9824; 8&amp;#9824; 9&amp;#9824; 10&amp;#9824; J&amp;#9824; Q&amp;#9824; K&amp;#9824;&lt;/font&gt; 
A&amp;#9827; 2&amp;#9827; 3&amp;#9827; 4&amp;#9827; 5&amp;#9827; 6&amp;#9827; 7&amp;#9827; 8&amp;#9827; 9&amp;#9827; 10&amp;#9827; J&amp;#9827; Q&amp;#9827; K&amp;#9827;

That&#39;s 22 out of 52, which we make into a fraction {{{22/52}}} which
reduces to {{{11/26}}}

Edwin&lt;/pre&gt;</PRE>