SOLUTION: you draw cards from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. remember, there are 13 cards each suit in the deck. fina the probability that both cards are diamonds.

Question 864678: you draw cards from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. remember, there are 13 cards each suit in the deck. fina the probability that both cards are diamonds.

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
you draw 2 cards from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. remember, there are 13 cards each suit in the deck. fina the probability that both cards are diamonds.
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# of ways to succeed: 13C2 = 78
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# of random pairs:: 52C2 = 1326
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P(2 diamonds) = 0.0588
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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