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Question 602106: this is a class i have to take before statistics, help me solve this question if two cards are drawn with out replacement from a deck, find the probability that the second is a spade, given that the the first card was a spade.
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, stanbon:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The first card is a spade. So there are 13-1 = 12 spades left. On the second draw, there are 52 - 1 = 51 cards left.

So the probability of drawing a second spade given that the first is a spade is 12/51 = 4/17
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
help me solve this question if two cards are drawn with out replacement from a deck, find the probability that the second is a spade, given that the the first card was a spade.
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Once you have removed the 1st spade, there are 12 left.
P(draw spade after spade drawn) = 12/51
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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