You have a deck of 52 playing cards. What is the probability of drawing a red card or a face card (Jack, Queen, or King)?

To calculate the probability of drawing a red card or a face card from a deck of 52 playing cards, we can follow these steps:

There are 26 red cards in a deck (13 hearts and 13 diamonds) and there are 12 face cards (4 jacks, 4 queens, and 4 kings, of which 2 are red and 2 are black).

The total number of red cards OR face cards = 26 red cards + 12 face cards - 6 red face cards = 32 cards

Therefore, the probability of drawing a red card or a face card from a deck of 52 playing cards is:

Probability = Number of favorable outcomes / Total number of outcomes
Probability = 32 / 52
Probability = 8 / 13

Therefore, the probability of drawing a red card or a face card from a deck of 52 playing cards is 8/13 or approximately 0.6154 (rounded to four decimal places).