SOLUTION: find odds against getting a spade from deck of cards

Question 597307: find odds against getting a spade from deck of cards
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, solver91311:
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
find odds against getting a spade from deck of cards
---
odds against E = [P(E/)]/[P(E)] = (1/4)/(3/4) = 1:3
================================
Cheers,
Stan H.
================
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The odds against is the ratio of the number of ways that the event doesn't happen to the number of ways it does happen. You have 52 cards, 39 of them are not spades and 13 of them are.

Then reduce:

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

RELATED QUESTIONS
When a single card is drawn from a shuffled deck of cards, find the odds against getting (answered by rfer)
When a single card is drawn from a shuffled deck of cards, find the odds against getting... (answered by Alan3354)
A card is picked from a standard deck of 52 cards. Determine the odds against and the... (answered by VFBundy)
What are the odds in favor of drawing a spade from an ordinary deck of... (answered by Theo)
what are the odds in favor of drawing a spade from an ordinary deck of cards? (answered by solver91311)
from a standard deck of 52 cards what are the odds of getting a black 7? _:1, what are... (answered by edjones)
What is your probability of not getting a spade from a deck of 52... (answered by sudhanshu_kmr,ewatrrr,MathLover1)
A card is picked from a standard deck of cards. Find the odds against and odds in favor... (answered by math_tutor2020)
he probability of drawing a spade from a deck of cards is 1 4 ; what are the odds in... (answered by jim_thompson5910)