A single card is drawn from a standard deck of cards. Find the following probabilities. A face card is a jack, queen, or king.
The probability of each out of the whole deck is 4/52. Either-or probability is found by adding the individual probabilities.
a single card is drawn, what is the probability that it is a jack or a club?
To find the probability of drawing a face card from a standard deck of cards, we first need to determine the total number of face cards and the total number of cards in the deck.
Let's start by calculating the total number of face cards in a standard deck. In a deck of 52 cards, there are 4 jacks, 4 queens, and 4 kings. So, the total number of face cards is 4 + 4 + 4 = 12.
Next, we calculate the total number of cards in the deck, which is simply 52.
Now, we can find the probability by dividing the number of favorable outcomes (drawing a face card) by the total number of possible outcomes (drawing any card from the deck).
The probability of drawing a face card can be calculated as:
P(face card) = Number of face cards / Total number of cards
P(face card) = 12 / 52
Simplifying, we get:
P(face card) = 3 / 13
So, the probability of drawing a face card from a standard deck is 3/13.