SOLUTION: if 2 cards are chosen from a pack of playing cards without replacememt, what is the probability that at least one spade card is obtained

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Question 874749: if 2 cards are chosen from a pack of playing cards without replacememt, what is the probability that at least one spade card is obtained
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 13 spades in the deck of 52.
The chances of getting no spades is
P%28NS%2CNS%29=%283%2F4%29%2838%2F52%29=%283%2F2%29%2819%2F52%29=57%2F104
So then,
P%28at_least_1_S%29=1-57%2F104=47%2F104