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You are dealt one card from a 52 - card deck. what is the probability that you are NOT dealt a diamond ?

a) 1/4
b) 2/5
c) 3/4
d) 4/13

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Your answer is 39/52 Hope this helps! Simplified it's 3.4
User Palasaty
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Since there are 13 diamonds, there are 39 non diamonds (52-13)
To write a probability, you put the part over the whole
So you get 39/52 which is simplified to 3/4 so C

Hope this helps
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