A standard deck of cards contains 52 cards. thirteen of the cards are spades, and three of the spades are face cards. in all, th

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A standard deck of cards contains 52 cards. thirteen of the cards are spades, and three of the spades are face cards. in all, th

e deck contains 12 face cards. when drawing one card at random from a shuffled deck, let a = {getting a face card} and b = {getting a spade}. what is the probability a or b happens? answer as a fraction in the format

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Colt1911 [192] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-25T10:19:28+03:00

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Total number of cards = 52
Total number of spades = 13
Total number of face cards that are not spades = 3 x 3 = 9

Total number of spades or face cards = 13 + 9 = 22

P(a or b) = 22/52 = 11/26

Answer: 11/26