SOLUTION: Two cards are drawn without replacement from an ordinary deck of 52 cards. What are the odds in favor of drawing two queens? A) 220:1 B) 1:220 C) 1:221 D) 1:168

SOLUTION: Two cards are drawn without replacement from an ordinary deck of 52 cards. What are the odds in favor of drawing two queens? A) 220:1 B) 1:220 C) 1:221 D) 1:168

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Question 226165: Two cards are drawn without replacement from an ordinary deck of 52 cards. What are the odds in favor of drawing two queens?
A) 220:1
B) 1:220
C) 1:221
D) 1:168
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
nCr=n!/(n-r)!(r!) Combination of n things taken r at a time.
4C2/52C2 (2 of 4 queens)/(2 of 52 cards)
=6/1326
=1/221 Probability
=1-220 Odds in favor (B)
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Ed
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