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The game of blackjack is played with a deck consisting of 13 cards (one of each of the numbers 2-10, one jack, one queen, one king, and one of ace) in each of four suits: clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades.

In a game of blackjack, if your first card is a spade, what are the odds that it is an ace?

A. 1/52
B. 1/26
C. 1/13
D. 1/4
E. 5/13

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emmak wrote:

The question should ask about the probability not the odds.

There are 13 spades, the probability that the spade we already have is an ace is therefore 1/13.

Answer: C.
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