Given:
A card is selected from a standard deck of cards.
Required:
We need to find the probability of selecting a King or an even card.
Explanation:
The sample space =the total number of cards = 52.
[tex]n(S)=52[/tex]Let A be an event of selection a king.
The number of cards that is king = 4.
The favourable outcomes =The number of the card king
[tex]n(A)=4[/tex]The probability of selecting a king
[tex]P(A)=\frac{n(A)}{n(S)}=\frac{4}{52}[/tex]Let B be an event of selection an even card.
There are 5 even values (2,4,6,8,10) and 4 of each in the deck.
The number of cards that is even card=20.
The favourable outcomes =The number of the even card
[tex]n(B)=20[/tex]The probability of selecting an even card
[tex]P(B)=\frac{n(B)}{n(S)}=\frac{20}{52}[/tex]
The probability of selecting a King or an even card is
[tex]=P(A)+P(B)[/tex][tex]=\frac{4}{52}+\frac{20}{52}=\frac{24}{52}[/tex][tex]=\frac{6}{13}[/tex]Final answer:
The probability of selecting a King or an even card 6/13.
