SOLUTION: "A small deck of cards has 3 blue, 4 black, and 6 purple cards. What is the probability of picking two blue cards in a row if the first card is not returned to the deck after it is

Question 888727: "A small deck of cards has 3 blue, 4 black, and 6 purple cards. What is the probability of picking two blue cards in a row if the first card is not returned to the deck after it is drawn?"
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Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Probability of picking the first blue card is,

Now the number of blue cards and total cards has been reduced by 1.
The probability of picking the second blue card is,

So then the probability of picking two blue cards without replacement is then,

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