We have a deck of 52 playing cards. We pick 2 cards from the deck. We require that we pick at least one diamond. That is, among the two cards we picked, at least one of the two cards must be a diamond. In how many ways can we do this?

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We have a deck of 52 playing cards. We pick 2 cards from the deck. We require that we pick at least one diamond.

That is, among the two cards we picked, at least one of the two cards must be a diamond.

In how many ways can we do this?

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