Question 923115
What are the odds against drawing: 

a) A face card from a standard deck? 
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40 non-face cards against 12 face cards

40 to 12

or divide them both by 4

10 to 3

or divide them both by 3

{{{3&1/3}}} to 1 odds against drawing a face card.
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b) Two face cards? 
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C(52,2)-C(12,2) to C(12,2)

or 

(1326-66) to 66

or

1260 to 66

or divide both by 6

210 to 11 

or divide both by 11

{{{19&1/11}}} to 1 odds against drawing a pair of face cards.

Edwin</pre>