SOLUTION: How would you figure the probability of choosing 2 cards from a deck and getting 2 kings or 2 black cards? Well for starters with picking two black cards you have a fifty fifty

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Question 279678: How would you figure the probability of choosing 2 cards from a deck and getting 2 kings or 2 black cards?
Well for starters with picking two black cards you have a fifty fifty Shot. Thw reson for this is because there is and even amount of black cards and red cards/ You have 26 of each. When it comes to picking out two kings. You will have aboue a 3.8 percent chance of accomplishing this. To figue this all you need to do is take 2/52=.038 move the decimal to the right two spots and you have 3.8%. Hope this helps you!!!
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Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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How would you figure the probability of choosing 2 cards from a deck and getting 2 kings or 2 black cards?
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P(2kings or 2 black cards) = P(2 kings) + P(2 black cards) - P(2k and 2b)
= 4C2/52C2 + 26C2/52C2 - 1/52C2
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= [4C2 + 26/2 -1]/52C2
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= [6 + 325 - 1]/52C2
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= 330/1326
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by greenhunter2(1) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Well for starters with picking two black cards you have a fifty fifty Shot. Thw reson for this is because there is and even amount of black cards and red cards/ You have 26 of each. When it comes to picking out two kings. You will have aboue a 3.8 percent chance of accomplishing this. To figue this all you need to do is take 2/52=.038 move the decimal to the right two spots and you have 3.8%. Hope this helps you!!!