If you randomly select a card from a well-shuffled standard deck of 52 cards, what is the probability that the card you select is a heart or King?

well, of the 52 cards, how many are a heart or a king?

To find the probability of selecting a heart or a King from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards, we need to determine the number of favorable outcomes (heart or King) and divide it by the total number of possible outcomes (52 cards).

There are 13 hearts in a deck, as there are 4 suits, and each suit has one heart. Additionally, there are 4 Kings, one for each suit. Note that the King of Hearts is already counted as a heart, so we do not double-count it. Therefore, there are a total of 13 + 4 - 1 = 16 favorable outcomes.

Now, we need to calculate the total number of possible outcomes. Since there are 52 cards in a deck, there are 52 possible outcomes.

Therefore, the probability of selecting a heart or a King is 16/52, which simplifies to 4/13.

To calculate this probability manually, you would need to count the number of hearts and the number of Kings in the deck and divide that by the total number of cards in the deck, as shown above.