SOLUTION: What is your probability of not getting a spade from a deck of 52 cards?

Question 416884: What is your probability of not getting a spade from a deck of 52 cards?
Found 3 solutions by sudhanshu_kmr, ewatrrr, MathLover1:
Answer by sudhanshu_kmr(1152)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

probability of getting a spade = 13 /52 = 1/4

probability of not getting a spade = 1- 1/4 = 3/4

Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Hi
Total of 52 cards of which 13 are spades
P(no spade) = 1 - P(spade) = 1 - 13/52 = 39/52 = 3/4
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

..........or 25%
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