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3. For this question pretend you are drawing cards without replacement from the infamous "Iraq's Most Wanted" deck issued by the U.S. Military before Saddam Hussein and his gang were killed or captured. If you are drawing from the full deck of 52 cards (no jokers), what are the following probabilities?
a. You draw a card that is not Saddam Hussein
b. You draw two cards, which end up being Saddam Hussein and another one with his cousin "Chemical Ali".
c. You draw 14 cards and not one of them is Saddam Hussein [Note: this is a tough one. Please show your work so that even if you didn't get the right answer you can still get partial credit.

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