SOLUTION: A single card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the odds against the card being a face card.

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Question 1071574: A single card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the odds
against the card being a face card.

Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 12 face cards
There are 40 non-face cards
The odds against this being a face card are 40/12 or 10 to 3.

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