Question

The probability of drawing a spade or a 3 from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards is $\frac{17}{52}$.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B

False

There are 13 spades and 4 3's in a deck of 52 cards. But one of these is the 3 of spades. Hence, there are only 13 + 4 – 1 = 16 different cards which represent favorable outcomes.
So the probability is $\frac{16}{52}$ = $\frac{4}{13}$.