Jane will draw one card from the regular deck of 52 cards. In how many ways can she choose a jack or a black card?

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From the information about a standard deck of cards, it is found that:

There are 28 ways in which she can choose a jack or a black card.

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A standard deck of cards is composed by:

  • 4 suits.
  • There are two black suits, which are spades and clubs.
  • There are two red suits, hearts and diamonds.
  • In each suit, there are 13 cards, that are: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, jack, queen, king and ace.

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The desired outcomes are:

  • Black cards, which there are 26, 13 spades and 13 clubs.
  • Among red cards, there are 2 jacks.

26 + 2 = 28, thus:

There are 28 ways in which she can choose a jack or a black card.

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