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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One card is selected at random from a standard 52-card deck of playing cards. Find the probability that the card selected is not a spade.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "13 cards are spades ; 39 cards are not spades<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(not space) = 39/52 = 3/4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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