Find the indicated probability.
-A card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find P(drawing a face card or a 4).
A) 16
B) $\frac { 4 } { 13 }$
C) $\frac { 12 } { 13 }$
D) $\frac { 2 } { 13 }$

Question

Find the indicated probability.
-A card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find P(drawing a face card or a 4). 
A) 16
B) $\frac { 4 } { 13 }$
C) $\frac { 12 } { 13 }$
D) $\frac { 2 } { 13 }$

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

There are 12 face cards (3 face cards in each of the 4 suits) and 4 cards with the number 4 (one in each suit). However, one of the 4s is also a face card, so we have 12 + 3 = 15 unique cards. The probability is 15/52, which simplifies to 4/13.

Find the Indicated Probability 413\frac { 4 } { 13 }134​

Find the Indicated Probability $\frac { 4 } { 13 }$