SOLUTION: a and b take turns cutting a pack of 52 cards and the pack is shuffled after each cut. if a starts and the cards are cut until one cuts a diamond, whet are the respective chances
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Question 386379: a and b take turns cutting a pack of 52 cards and the pack is shuffled after each cut. if a starts and the cards are cut until one cuts a diamond, whet are the respective chances of a and b first cutting a diamond?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since the cards are shuffled and no cards are removed, A and B have the same probability of cutting a diamond.
There are diamonds in a deck of cards.
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