SOLUTION: consider the experiment of selecting a card from an ordinary deck of 52 playing cards and determine the probability of the stated event. A card that is not a king and not a s

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Question 410418: consider the experiment of selecting a card from
an ordinary deck of 52 playing cards and determine the probability
of the stated event.
A card that is not a king and not a spade is drawn.

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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consider the experiment of selecting a card from
an ordinary deck of 52 playing cards
and determine the probability of the stated event.

A card that is not a king and not a spade is drawn.
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# of cards that are not king and not spade::: 36 cards
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P(not king and not spade) = 36/52 = 9/13
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Cheers,
Stan H.