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Because the two covered squares to the left of the "4-with-flag-on-top-of-it" can have only 1 mine (because of the "2" there), which means the "3" needs one more mine, which can only be on top of that "4".
At least that's my reasoning.
I see what you mean. That means that the covered square that is top left of that 4 has 1/2 chance to be a mine. While the other two squares on its right each have 1/4 chance to have a mine in them since they require a 1/2 chance condition for it to be possible for a mine to be in either of those two remaining squares. Edit: legiblity
Sadly, it appears that only trying one of them successfully will still leave you stuck with 1/2 chance guesses so it doesn't help much still.
Bingo. I guess you got my reason behind flagging the square above the "4".
But I am still stuck.... May be brute force is the only way out...