When a single card is drawn from a shuffled deck of cards, find the odds against getting a 6.
A)1:12
B)12:1
C)1:51
D)51:1

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Odds against getting a 6 are calculated as the ratio of the number of ways not to get a 6 to the number of ways to get a 6. There are 4 sixes in a deck of 52 cards, so there are 48 ways not to get a 6. Therefore, the odds against getting a 6 are 48:4, which simplifies to 12:1.

When a Single Card Is Drawn from a Shuffled Deck