MHB Find P(spade or face card or 3 or club)

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The discussion focuses on calculating probabilities from a standard deck of 52 cards. The first problem requires finding the probability of drawing a spade, face card, 3, or club, while the second involves determining the probability of drawing a specific sequence of cards without replacement. Participants express frustration over the lack of guidance and the need for assistance in solving these problems rather than a full lesson. There is a clear request for help with the specific worksheet questions to gain more practice. The conversation highlights the importance of showing work for better understanding and verification of solutions.
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a card is drawn from a standard deck with 52 cards. Find P(spade or face card or 3 or club). Write your answer as a fully reduced fraction?5)

five cards are drawn from a standard deck with 52 cards without replacement. find the probability that the first card is a heart, the second is a spade, the third is a spade, the fourth is a heart, and the fifth is a diamond. Write your answer as a fully reduced fraction
 
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You forgot to show your work...so we can't check it...
Please post your work...and where you're stuck...thank you.
 
I haven't really worked on it because I am not sure where to be as well as what exactly to do for the problems
 
rainbow said:
I haven't really worked on it because I am not sure where to be as well as what exactly to do for the problems
We can't conduct a classroom at this site.
Was your teacher absent?
 
I am trying to get help on these specific problems that I am being asked on a worksheet that is all I am not asking to get taught it again since I JUST NEED HELP SOLVING THE QUESTIONS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN MORE PRACTICE WITH THESE TYPE OF PROBLEMS
 

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