SOLUTION: I'm desperate!!! you draw one card from a standard 52-card deck. How many more cards must you draw before the probability of obtaining another card of the same denomination is gre

Question 930937: I'm desperate!!! you draw one card from a standard 52-card deck. How many more cards must you draw before the probability of obtaining another card of the same denomination is greater than 1/2?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
you draw one card from a standard 52-card deck...3 left in the deck with same denomination
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How many more cards must you draw before the probability of obtaining another card
of the same denomination is greater than 1/2
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3/5 > 1/2
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That is: 5 cards left ...
51-5 = 46 more card must be drawn, if none previously were drawn.
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