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A card is chosen at random from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. What is the probability that the chosen card is a jack or a queen?

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since there are 4 jacks and 4 queens in a deck, there are a total of 8 jacks and queens in 52 cards. this translates to 8/52, ( simplified 2/13 ) or 15%.
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