Find the indicated probability.
-If you pick a card at random from a well shuffled deck, what is the probability that you get a face card or a spade?
A) $\frac { 25 } { 52 }$
B) $\frac { 11 } { 26 }$
C) $\frac { 1 } { 22 }$
D) $\frac { 9 } { 26 }$

Question

Find the indicated probability.
-If you pick a card at random from a well shuffled deck, what is the probability that you get a face card or a spade? 
A) $\frac { 25 } { 52 }$
B) $\frac { 11 } { 26 }$
C) $\frac { 1 } { 22 }$
D) $\frac { 9 } { 26 }$

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

There are 12 face cards and 13 spades in a deck of 52 cards. However, we don't want to count the jack, queen, and king of spades twice, so we need to subtract the three spade face cards (jack, queen, king). Thus, the total number of cards that are either a face card or a spade is 12 + 13 - 3 = 22. The probability of picking one of these cards is then 22/52 = 11/26.

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