How do I create vertical rectangles that are adjacent to each other with spaces in between?

Question

I am working on a probability homework assignment for my discrete math class. One of the questions involves calculating the probability of drawing 7 cards and having exactly one land card and 6 non-land cards. We are given that we start off with 60 cards, 24 of which are land, and 36 of which are non-land.

I would like to use visuals (vertical rectangles that look like cards) to represent the various possible arrangements for this event.

In other words, I would like to draw a vertical rectangle with the letter "L" in it, and six other vertical rectangles with the letter "X" in each, with spaces in between each vertical rectangle.

How would I be able to do this? Thanks so much for reading this. Appreciate any help you can provide to me :D

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 08 '20 at 11:59

I could not imagine a problem of cards with boxed characters. I would need something more realistic:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pst-poker}
\psset{back=simple,backcolor=green}
\begin{document}
\crdflop\crdsevd\crdsixh\crdsixs 
\crdflop\crdfiveh\crdback\crdback\par 
\crdKd \crdback \crdback \crdpair{\crdKs}{\crdtenh} \crdpair{\crdQs}{\crdback} 
\end{document}

Warning: It takes time compile this :(

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 07 '20 at 18:58

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\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

\framebox(12,20){L}
\framebox(12,20){X}
\framebox(12,20){}
\framebox(12,20){X}

\end{document}

answered Mar 07 '20 at 18:58

David Carlisle

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Hi! This is really helpful. How do I increase the spacing between the vertical rectangles? Thanks so much! – Richard Mar 07 '20 at 19:18
@Richard I just used a word space, but you could use \hspace{3cm} to have 3cm or whatever – David Carlisle Mar 07 '20 at 20:19

How do I create vertical rectangles that are adjacent to each other with spaces in between?

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