SOLUTION: Two cards are drawn at random from a 52-card deck. The first card is not put back before the second card is drawn. Find the probability that: both are sevens, both are diamonds

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Question 286281: Two cards are drawn at random from a 52-card deck. The first card is not put back before the second card is drawn. Find the probability that: both are sevens, both are diamonds
Answer by edjones(8007)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2 sevens. there are 4 sevens in a deck.
4/52 * 3/51 = 12/2652 = 1/221
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2 diamonds. There are 13 diamonds in a deck.
1/4 * 12/51 = 12/204 = 1/17
.
Ed

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