Multiple choice

Beth is playing flip the card game and he has 8 cards on his table that are 1 queen of spades, 3 jack of hearts and 4 king of diamonds. What is the probability of not getting queen of spades?

  1. 3/8

  2. 1/4

  3. 1/8

  4. 7/8

  5. 1/2
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Explanation

Total cards = 8. Queen of spades = 1. Probability of getting queen of spades = 1/8. Probability of NOT getting queen of spades = 1 - 1/8 = 7/8.

AI explanation

The probability of an event not occurring is calculated by subtracting the probability of the event occurring from 1. The probability of drawing the single queen of spades from the 8 cards is 1/8. Subtracting 1/8 from 1 yields 7/8, which represents the probability of drawing any of the other 7 cards.

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