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Challenge 440: Sum Probability

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I have a deck of 11 cards, which have the integers from 1 to 11 on them.

(a) I shuffle the cards and draw the top four. What is the probability that the sum is odd?

(b) I shuffle the cards and draw the top three. I add the first two, then subtract the third. What is the probability that the result is a multiple of 3?