document.write( "Question 127331: A blackjack hand of 2 cards is randomly dealt from a standard deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that the first card is an ace and the second card is a face card? \n" ); document.write( "

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There are 4 aces, so the probability is $\"4%2F52\"$ that the
\n" ); document.write( "1st card will be an ace.
\n" ); document.write( "One card is used, so there are $\"51\"$ cards left.
\n" ); document.write( "There are 3 face cards for each suit (jack, queen, & king)
\n" ); document.write( "and there are 4 suits, so there are $\"3%2A4+=+12\"$
\n" ); document.write( "face cards. The probability of picking one on the 2nd draw
\n" ); document.write( "is $\"12%2F51\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Whenever you need events (A and B and C and D etc) to
\n" ); document.write( "happen, you always multiply the probabilities
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%284%2F52%29%2A%2812%2F51%29+=+48+%2F+2652\"$
\n" ); document.write( "This is $\"1%2F55.25\"$ , or a little more than 1 chance in 55
\n" ); document.write( "Notice that this is slightly less probable than picking a
\n" ); document.write( "particular card with one draw, which is $\"1%2F52\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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