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One card is randomly selected from a deck of cards. Find the odds:

in favor of getting a spade.

User Umbro
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Answer:

1/4

Explanation:

In a deck of cards, there are 52 cards (not including jokers)

and there are 13 cards that are spades, so it's simply just 13/52 which simplifies to 1/4

User Lorinne
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Answer:

1/4 chance or 0.25 or 25%

Explanation:

One forth of cards in a deck are spades

User Salin Kunwar
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