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A card is selected from an ordinary deck. What is the probability of getting king or a queen?

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Answer:

I did jack and ace to

Step-by-step explanation:

Step-by-step explanation:

A standard deck has 13 ordinal cards (Ace, 2-10, Jack, Queen, King) with one of each in each of four suits (Hearts, Diamonds, Spades, Clubs), for a total of

13

×

4

=

52

cards.

If we draw a card from a standard deck, there are 52 cards we might get.

There are 16 cards that will satisfy the condition of picking a Jack, Queen, King, or Ace.

This gives us:

P

(

randomly draw a Jack, Queen, King, or Ace

)

=

16

52

=

4

13

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