SOLUTION: What are the odds against drawing: a) A face card from a standard deck? b) Two face cards?

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Question 923115: What are the odds against drawing:
a) A face card from a standard deck?
b) Two face cards?

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What are the odds against drawing:
a) A face card from a standard deck?
40 non-face cards against 12 face cards

40 to 12

or divide them both by 4

10 to 3

or divide them both by 3

 to 1 odds against drawing a face card.

b) Two face cards?
C(52,2)-C(12,2) to C(12,2)

or 

(1326-66) to 66

or

1260 to 66

or divide both by 6

210 to 11 

or divide both by 11

 to 1 odds against drawing a pair of face cards.

Edwin

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