From a well-shuffled pack of 52 cards, a card is drawn at random. Find the probability of its being a king or a queen
let A denote the event that the card drawn is king and B denote the event that card drawn is queen.
In a pack of 52 cards, there are 4 king cards and 4 queen cards
Given : $P(A)=\frac{4}{52}, P(B)=\frac{4}{52}$
To find : Probability that card drawn is king or queen $=P(A$ or $B)$
The formula used : Probability =
$P(A$ or $B)=P(A)+P(B)-P(A$ and $B)$
$P(A)=\frac{4}{52}$ (as favourable number of outcomes $=4$ and total number of outcomes $=52$ )
$P(B)=\frac{4}{52}$ (as favourable number of outcomes $=4$ and total number of outcomes $\left.=52\right)$
Probability that card drawn is king or queen = P(A and B)= 0
(as a card cannot be both king and queen in the same time)
$P(A$ or $B)=\frac{4}{52}+\frac{4}{52}-0$
$P(A$ or $B)=\frac{4+4}{52}=\frac{8}{52}=\frac{2}{13}$
$P(A$ or $B)=\frac{2}{13}$
Probability of a card drawn is king or queen $=P(A$ or $B)=\frac{2}{13}$
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