61,359 views
4 votes
4 votes
If a card is drawn from an ordinary deck of 52 cards, find the probability of getting a heart or a face card?

User Kronn
by
2.8k points

1 Answer

19 votes
19 votes

Given:

Total number of cards = 52

Number of face cards = 12

Number of heart cards = 13

Required: Probability of getting a heart or a face card

Step-by-step explanation:

Number of cards that is both face cards and heart cards = 3

Number of cards that are either heart or face card

= 12 + 13 - 3

=22

Probability of getting a heart or face card = Number of favorable cases/ Total number of cases


=(22)/(52)=(11)/(26)

Final Answer: The probability of getting a heart or face card is 11/26.

User Mierzej
by
3.0k points