SOLUTION: Please help me solve this problem. An ordinary deck of playing cards contains 52 cards, 26 red and 26 black. If a card is dealt to each of 2 players, find in how many d

Question 389019: Please help me solve this problem.

An ordinary deck of playing cards contains 52 cards, 26 red and 26 black. If a card is dealt to each of 2 players, find in how many different ways this can be done if the following occur:
a. Both cards are red.

Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For the first card,

For the second red card,

So for two red cards,

The total possible number of ways to deal two cards is,

So the total ways to deal (R,R) is

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