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How do you find the probability of selecting a face card from a standard deck of 52 playing cards?

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Apr 17, 2017

$\frac{3}{13}$ $3/13$

Explanation:

There are $4$ $4$ jacks, $4$ $4$ queens, and $4$ $4$ kings. That means that there are $12$ $12$ face cards. This is the numerator

A playing deck has $52$ $52$ cards. That's the denominator. So the probability is:

$\frac{12}{52}$ $12/52$ .

However, we can simplify this to:

$\frac{3}{13}$ $3/13$

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