SOLUTION: Two playing cards are dealt to you from a well-shuffled standard deck of 52 cards. If either card is a diamond or if both are diamonds, you win; otherwise, you lose. Determine whet

Question 943195: Two playing cards are dealt to you from a well-shuffled standard deck of 52 cards. If either card is a diamond or if both are diamonds, you win; otherwise, you lose. Determine whether this game favors you, is fair, or favor the dealer. Explain your answer.
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

You lose and the dealer wins if you get 2 non-diamonds

There are 13 diamonds and 39 non-diamonds

P(2 non-diamonds) =  =  = 

So the game favors the dealer since  > .

Edwin

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