SOLUTION: i HAVE A DECK OF 52 CARDS. wHAT ARE THE ODDS AGAINST AND IN FAVOR OF DRAWING A HEART?

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Question 1137395: i HAVE A DECK OF 52 CARDS. wHAT ARE THE ODDS AGAINST AND IN FAVOR OF DRAWING A HEART?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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In a 52+card deck there are 4 suits, so 52 divided by 4 is 13.
Hence there are 13 hearts.
52+minus 13 is+39, so there are 39 cards that are+not hearts.
So if drawing a heart is considered a favorable+outcome, then there are 13+possible favorable+outcomes, and there are 39 possible unfavorable+outcomes.
Hence, the odds in favor of drawing a heart are 13%2F+39.
But notice that both 13 and 39 are evenly divisible by 13, so reduced to lowest terms we have highlight%281%2F3%29.