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Homework: 3.3Score: 0 of 1 pt3.3.17A standard deck of cards contains 52 cards. One card is selected from the deck.(a) Compute the probability of randomly selecting a three or king(b) Compute the probability of randomly selecting a three or king or five.(c) Compute the probability of randomly selecting a ten or diamond.a. P(three or king) = (Round to three decimal places as needed.)

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(a) Prob(a three or King) =


(4)/(52)+(4)/(52)=(8)/(52)=(2)/(13)=0.15385\approx0.154

(b) Prob(a three or King or a five) =


(4)/(52)+(4)/(52)+(4)/(52)=(16)/(52)=(4)/(13)=0.30769\approx0.308

(c) Prob(a ten or diamond) =


(1)/(52)+(13)/(52)=(14)/(52)=(7)/(26)=0.26923\approx0.269

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