SOLUTION: A blackjack hand of 2 cards is randomly dealt from a standard deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that the first card is an ace and the second card is a face card?

Question 127331: A blackjack hand of 2 cards is randomly dealt from a standard deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that the first card is an ace and the second card is a face card?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 4 aces, so the probability is that the
1st card will be an ace.
One card is used, so there are cards left.
There are 3 face cards for each suit (jack, queen, & king)
and there are 4 suits, so there are
face cards. The probability of picking one on the 2nd draw
is
Whenever you need events (A and B and C and D etc) to
happen, you always multiply the probabilities

This is , or a little more than 1 chance in 55
Notice that this is slightly less probable than picking a
particular card with one draw, which is
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