SOLUTION: A card is dealt from a 52 deck. What is the probability that this card is:
A. A diamond AND a two?
B. A diamond OR a two?
Explain your answers.
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Question 1178532: A card is dealt from a 52 deck. What is the probability that this card is:
A. A diamond AND a two?
B. A diamond OR a two?
Explain your answers.
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the 2 of diamonds is unique so the probability is 1/52.
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A diamond occurs 13 times
A two occurs 4 times
One of those is the 2 of diamonds, so that has to be removed to avoid double counting.
The probability is 16/52 or 4/13.
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