document.write( "Question 626953: What is the probability of picking any ACE, King, Two, Heart or Spade from a deck of 52 cards. \n" ); document.write( "

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What is the probability of picking any ACE, King, Two, Heart or Spade from a deck of 52 cards.
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That's the probability of picking any one of these 32 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♦                                K♦\r\n" );
document.write( "A♠ 2♠ 3♠ 4♠ 5♠ 6♠ 7♠ 8♠ 9♠ 10♠ J♠ Q♠ K♠ \r\n" );
document.write( "A♣ 2♣                                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 32 out of 52.  In probability theory, \"out of\" means \"over\",\r\n" );
document.write( "so \"32 out of 52\" means a probability of  which reduces to .\r\n" );
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