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there are 52 cards in a deck of playing cards in each deck has 13 Spades if you pick one card from the deck what is the probability that you will pick a spade?

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13/39 chance you will pick a spade. if there are 52 cards, and 13 is spades you have 39 cards that are not spades. So you have a 13/39 probability. Hope this helps
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