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A card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards what is the probability that it is a face card or a spade

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no. spades = 13 face cards = 12( 1 face card from spade excluded )
probability= 25/52
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There are 52 cards in a deck
13 spade cards
3 face cards in each set (4)

Hence it will be 3*4=12, but -3 since our spade cards already include the face cards of the spade set
12-3= 9

13+9= 22 possible cards

Final answer: 22/52 = 11/26

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