Lauren has a normal deck of 52 playing cards (shown to the right).

If she randomly draws a card from the deck, what is the probability that it will be a red jack, a red queen, or a red king?

Question

Lauren has a normal deck of 52 playing cards (shown to the right).

If she randomly draws a card from the deck, what is the probability that it will be a red jack, a red queen, or a red king?

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

There are 2 red jacks, 2 red queens and 2 red kings. In total, there are 6 cards that are one of the three listed

This is out of 52 total

So the probability is 6/52 = 3/26