Spades and Bridge
You are playing a game of Bridge. Which probability is greater – that you and your partner do not have any spades, or that you and your partner have all the spades in the game?
SOLUTION
You and your partner do not have any spades if and only if your opponents have all the spades. Therefore the probabilities are equal.
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