A card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that it is a picture card (Jack, Queen, King) or a club?
To find the probability of drawing a picture card (Jack, Queen, or King) or a club, we need to determine the number of favorable outcomes (cards that are either picture cards or clubs) and the number of possible outcomes (total number of cards in the deck).
There are 12 picture cards in a standard deck (4 Jacks, 4 Queens, and 4 Kings), and there are 13 clubs. However, there are 3 cards (Jack of Clubs, Queen of Clubs, and King of Clubs) that are both a picture card and a club, so we need to subtract these cards from our count to avoid double counting.
The favorable outcomes = 12 (picture cards) + 13 (clubs) - 3 (picture cards that are clubs) = 22.
The total number of cards in the deck = 52.
Therefore, the probability of drawing a picture card or a club is 22/52, which can be simplified to 11/26.