Compute the Probability of an Event Using the Complement Rule
-You are dealt one card from a 52 -card deck. Find the probability that you are not dealt a $3 .$
A) $\frac { 12 } { 13 }$
B) $\frac { 1 } { 13 }$
C) $\frac { 9 } { 10 }$
D) $\frac { 1 } { 10 }$

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The probability of being dealt a 3 is $\frac{4}{52}$ because there are 4 threes in a deck of 52 cards. Using the complement rule, the probability of not being dealt a 3 is $1 - \frac{4}{52} = \frac{48}{52} = \frac{12}{13}$.

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Compute the Probability of an Event Using the Complement Rule $3 .$