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Find the probability of choosing either a spade or a face card (King, Queen, Jack) out of a standard
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document.write( "You want to know the probability of getting \r\n" );
document.write( "one of these 22 cards  \r\n" );
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document.write( "                               J♥ Q♥ K♥ \r\n" );
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document.write( "A♠ 2♠ 3♠ 4♠ 5♠ 6♠ 7♠ 8♠ 9♠ 10♠ J♠ Q♠ K♠ \r\n" );
document.write( "                               J♣ Q♣ K♣\r\n" );
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document.write( "out of these 52 cards:\r\n" );
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document.write( "A♥ 2♥ 3♥ 4♥ 5♥ 6♥ 7♥ 8♥ 9♥ 10♥ J♥ Q♥ K♥ \r\n" );
document.write( "A♦ 2♦ 3♦ 4♦ 5♦ 6♦ 7♦ 8♦ 9♦ 10♦ J♦ Q♦ K♦\r\n" );
document.write( "A♠ 2♠ 3♠ 4♠ 5♠ 6♠ 7♠ 8♠ 9♠ 10♠ J♠ Q♠ K♠ \r\n" );
document.write( "A♣ 2♣ 3♣ 4♣ 5♣ 6♣ 7♣ 8♣ 9♣ 10♣ J♣ Q♣ K♣\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's 22 out of 52, which we make into a fraction  which\r\n" );
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