Question

A card is selected at random .What is the probability it is a spade or face card

Answer 1

Answer:

In a standard deck , there are 52 cards .

In a standard deck , there are 52 cards . There are 13 spades and 4 aces in a deck .

In a standard deck , there are 52 cards . There are 13 spades and 4 aces in a deck .But 1 ace is a spade , inorder to avoid double counting confusions , let's reduce 1 ace .

So now the total is 13+3=16

Hence ,

Probability of spade or ace = 16 / 52

Probability of spade or ace = 4 / 13 .

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