document.write( "Question 1140725: What is the probability of drawing a red card from the deck of playing cards
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document.write( "                          number of favorable outcomes\r\n" );
document.write( "  P(desired outcome) = ---------------------------------\r\n" );
document.write( "                       total number of possible outcomes\r\n" );
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document.write( "             # of red cards     26   1\r\n" );
document.write( "  P(red) = ------------------ = -- = -\r\n" );
document.write( "            total # of cards =  52   2

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