Solve the problem
Find the odds against drawing a club when a card is drawn at random from a normal deck of 52 playing cards.
To find the odds against drawing a club, we need to determine the number of cards that are not clubs and then compare it to the number of clubs.
A standard deck of 52 playing cards has 13 clubs. There are 4 suits (clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades) and each suit has 13 cards.
The number of cards that are not clubs is 52 - 13 = 39.
Therefore, the odds against drawing a club is 39 to 13, which can be simplified to 3 to 1.