document.write( "Question 394923: Two cards drawn in succession from a standard deck of cards without replacement.What is the prbability that both cards are greater than 2 and less than 9? \n" ); document.write( "
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Two cards drawn in succession from a standard deck of cards without replacement.What is the prbability that both cards are greater than 2 and less than 9?
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document.write( "The probability of drawing the first card as one of these 24\r\n" );
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document.write( "          3♥   4♥   5♥   6♥   7♥   8♥   \r\n" );
document.write( "          3♦   4♦   5♦   6♦   7♦   8♦\r\n" );
document.write( "          3♠   4♠   5♠   6♠   7♠   8♠  \r\n" );
document.write( "          3♣   4♣   5♣   6♣   7♣   8♣ \r\n" );
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document.write( "out of these 52\r\n" );
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document.write( "A♥   2♥   3♥   4♥   5♥   6♥   7♥   8♥  9♥  10♥  J♥  Q♥  K♥ \r\n" );
document.write( "A♦   2♦   3♦   4♦   5♦   6♦   7♦   8♦  9♦  10♦  J♦  Q♦  K♦\r\n" );
document.write( "A♠   2♠   3♠   4♠   5♠   6♠   7♠   8♠  9♠  10♠  J♠  Q♠  K♠  \r\n" );
document.write( "A♣   2♣   3♣   4♣   5♣   6♣   7♣   8♣  9♣  10♣  J♣  Q♣  K♣ \r\n" );
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document.write( "is 24/52.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "Then having done that, we would draw the second one from 23 out of 51, \r\n" );
document.write( "because the one we drew was not replaced, so that's 23/51.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we multiply (24/52)*(23/51) = 46/221\r\n" );
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