SOLUTION: if you have a deck of cards and you pull out a 3 what is the chance that you will pull out 2 more 3s

Question 715836: if you have a deck of cards and you pull out a 3 what is the chance that you will pull out 2 more 3s
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if you have a deck of cards and you pull out a 3 what is the chance that you will pull out 2 more 3s
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3 three's remain in the deck after the 1st 3 is pulled.
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# of ways to pull 2 more 3's is 3C2 = 3
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# of possible card pairs is 51C2
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P(2 three's after 1st 3 pulled) = 3/1275
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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