If you randomly select a card from a well-shuffled standard deck of 52 cards, what is the probability that the card you select is a spade or Queen? (Your answer must be in the form of a reduced fraction.)

College Algebra
10th Edition
ISBN:9781337282291
Author:Ron Larson
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Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability
Section8.7: Probability
Problem 7ECP: You draw one card at random from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. What is the probability that...
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If you randomly select a card from a well-shuffled standard deck of 52 cards, what is the probability that
the card you select is a spade or Queen? (Your answer must be in the form of a reduced fraction.)
Transcribed Image Text:If you randomly select a card from a well-shuffled standard deck of 52 cards, what is the probability that the card you select is a spade or Queen? (Your answer must be in the form of a reduced fraction.)
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Given that :

A well shuffle cars deck 

Total number total = 52

By using basic probability role 

P{A Or B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A and B) 

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