document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=200333>Question 200333</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780321448040/algebrahomeworkh> Mathematics for elementary teachers</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two cards are drawn without replacement from an ordinary deck of 52 playing cards. What is the probability that both are spades if the &#64257;rst card drawn was a spade? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "In a deck of 52, 13 are spades and 39 are something else.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the probability of drawing a spade on the first draw is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{13}{52} = \frac{1}{4}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Given that you were successful in pulling a spade on the first draw, there are now 12 spades left in a deck of 51 cards, so the probability of drawing the second spade is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{12}{51}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And the total probability is the product of these two probabilities:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \left(\frac{1}{4}\right)\left(\frac{12}{51}\right)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can do your own arithmetic.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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