A standard deck of playing cards contains 52 cards, equally divided among four suits (hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades). Each suit has the cards 2 through 10, as well as a jack, a queen, a king, and an ace.

If the 3 of spades card is drawn from a standard deck and is not replaced, what is the probability that the next card drawn is a spade OR a king?

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Boston Harrell

4 August, 06:39

A standard deck of playing cards contains 52 cards, equally divided among four suits (hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades). Each suit has the cards 2 through 10, as well as a jack, a queen, a king, and an ace.

If the 3 of spades card is drawn from a standard deck and is not replaced, what is the probability that the next card drawn is a spade OR a king?

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Reese · Answer 1

So one card is out, therefore there are 51 left in the deck. Out of those there are 12 spades and 4 kings but one of it is the king of spades. So the probability is 12+3 out of 51, 15/51=5/17