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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is the probability of drawing either a jack or king when randomly selecting a card from a deck of card?

OpenStudy (zarkon):

how many jacks are there? How many kings are there ? How many cards in total are there?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

There's 52 cards in total and there's 4 kings and 2 jacks

OpenStudy (zarkon):

how many jacks?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

2

OpenStudy (zarkon):

no

OpenStudy (zarkon):

there are 4 of each type of card

OpenStudy (zarkon):

4 aces 4 kings 4 queens 4 jacks ect

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So what is the probability then?

OpenStudy (zarkon):

how many kings and jacks do you have total ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

8/52

OpenStudy (zarkon):

yes...that is the probability

OpenStudy (anonymous):

2/13

OpenStudy (zarkon):

yes

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