SOLUTION: A card is picked from a standard deck of 52 cards. Determine the odds against and the odds in favor of selecting a 4. The odds against selecting a 4 are ?? ​(Type integers orâ€

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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.
The odds against selecting a 4 are ??
​(Type integers or​ decimals.)
The odds in favor of selecting a 4 are??
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) About Me  (Show Source):
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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
The odds in favor of selecting a four is 4 fours to 48 non-fours. Therefore
the odds in favor are 4 to 48 or 4:48, which, after after dividing through by
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.

Edwin