So here we are being asked to draw a card that isn't a heart or a queen... the amount of cards that are not hearts or queens out of a 52 card deck is 36. So that makes the probability 36/52 if we want to make that a percent then we have to change the denominator to a 100 we end up with this problem:
36/52 = x/100
There are many ways we can solve this. One way being cross multiplying, which I think is the easiest.
If our problem is a/b = c/d we multiply a and d then we multiply b and c
Plugging our original problem into that, we 36 times 100 and 52 times x. That gives us 3600 and 52x
This is now an algebraic problem.
52x=3600
First step, divide each side by 52
We get x=69.2 rounded to the nearest tenth.
So our probability is about 69/100 or 69%
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