In a standard deck of 52 cards, face cards are a jack, queen, or king of any suit, an even-numbered card is a 2, 4, 6, 8, or 10 of any suit, and an odd-numbered card is an ace, 3, 5, 7, or 9 of any suit.

9. Ken the gambler is playing a card game with his friends. A hand consists of 4 cards drawn from a standard 52-card deck. To win his next hand he must draw either all face cards or all cards with even numbers. The probability he will win is

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In a standard deck of 52 cards, face cards are a jack, queen, or king of any suit, an even-numbered card is a 2, 4, 6, 8, or 10 of any suit, and an odd-numbered card is an ace, 3, 5, 7, or 9 of any suit.

9.	Ken the gambler is playing a card game with his friends. A hand consists of 4 cards drawn from a standard 52-card deck. To win his next hand he must draw either all face cards or all cards with even numbers. The probability he will win is

anonymous · Answer

btw 9 is the question number its not a part of the question itself

mertsj · Answer

The events are mutually exclusive so the probability of one of the other is the sum of the probabilities.

mertsj · Answer

Probability of 4 face cards:  12/52x11/51x10/50x9/49
Probability of 4 even cards:  20/52x19/51x18/50/17/49

mertsj · Answer

Find those and add them together.