document.write( "Question 349042: I have an issue with this problem for my probablity and statistics class. I hope you can help.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You are dealt two cards successively from a deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability that both cards are black in a simplified fraction.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "B = black
\n" ); document.write( "R = red
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\n" ); document.write( "The different ways to get BB or RR are
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\n" ); document.write( "The different ways to get BR or RB are
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\n" ); document.write( "My fraction should be BB / (BB + BR + RB + RR) =
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\n" ); document.write( "\"25%2F%282%2A%2825+%2B+26%29%29\" =
\n" ); document.write( "\"25+%2F+%282%2A51%29\"
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