What are the odds is favour of getting a spade if a card is drAwn from a well shuffled deck of cards? What are the odds in favour of getting a king?

Explanation

In a pack of `52` cards, there are `13` cards of spade.

There are 13 outcomes favourable to the event 'a spade', while the other (52 -13) are unfavourable.


∴ Odds in favour of getting a spade


=(Number of favourable outcomes)/(Number of unfavourable outcomes)
`=13/(39)=1:3`


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