How do you find the probability of selecting not a face card from a standard deck of 52 playing cards?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-07T11:55:00

#color(blue)("Probability"=10/13~~0.769230769)#

There are four suites in a deck, each containing three picture cards.

Total number of picture cards is:

#4xx3=12#

Number of cards in deck that are not picture cards:

#52-12=40#

These are the favourable outcomes.

Probability is:

#("favourable outcomes")/("all possible outcomes")#

#:.#

#40/52=10/13#

#"Probability"=10/13~~0.769230769#