A pack of cards has one card missing. Two cards are drawn randomly and are found to be spades. The probability that the missing card is not a spade, is :

Option 1 - <p>22/425</p>
Option 2 - <p>52/867</p>
Option 3 - <p>3/4</p>
Option 4 - <p>39/50</p>
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Correct Option - 4
Detailed Solution:

Two drawn cards are spades. There are 50 cards left.
The missing card could be a spade or not a spade.
P (missing card is spade) = 11/50 (since 11 spades remain out of 50 cards).
P (missing card is not spade) = 1 - 11/50 = 39/50

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