Question

A card is drawn randomly from a deck of ordinary playing cards. What is the probability that the card is a heart or queen? You may enter your answer as a fraction or a decimal rounded to three places.

Answer 1

The probability of drawing a heart or a queen from a standard deck of playing cards is approximately 0.308.

Step-by-step explanation:

When drawing one card from a standard deck of playing cards, there are 52 possible outcomes, as there are 52 cards in the deck.

Out of these 52 cards, there are 13 hearts and 4 queens. However, we must subtract 1 queen of hearts from the total, as it falls into both categories.

Therefore, the probability of drawing a heart or a queen is (13 + 4 - 1) / 52 = 16 / 52 = 4 / 13 ≈ 0.308.