document.write( "Question 1161558: A card is picked from a standard deck of 52 cards. Determine the odds against and the odds in favor of selecting a 4.
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card is picked from a standard deck of 52 cards. Determine the odds against and the odds in favor of selecting a four
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document.write( "The odds in favor of selecting a four is 4 fours to 48 non-fours. Therefore\r\n" );
document.write( "the odds in favor are 4 to 48 or 4:48, which, after after dividing through by\r\n" );
document.write( "4, are 1:12.

The odds against selecting a 4 are ??

Just reverse the numbers of the odds in favor.  The odds against getting a four are 12:1.\r\n" );
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