SOLUTION: If two cards are dealt, find the probability that they are a pair. *Find P(both Kings OR both Queens OR both Jacks OR both 10's OR both 9's OR both 8's OR both 7's OR both 6's OR

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Question 1069271: If two cards are dealt, find the probability that they are a pair.
*Find P(both Kings OR both Queens OR both Jacks OR both 10's OR both 9's OR both 8's OR both 7's OR both 6's OR both 5's Or both 4's OR both 3's OR both 2's OR both Aces)
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, Fombitz:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
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If two cards are dealt, find the probability that they are a pair.
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The 1st card is random.
For the 2nd card to match, there are 3 of them in the remaining 51 cards.
3/51 = 1/17
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This is silly. Like someone doesn't know what a pair is.
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*Find P(both Kings OR both Queens OR both Jacks OR both 10's OR both 9's OR both 8's OR both 7's OR both 6's OR both 5's Or both 4's OR both 3's OR both 2's OR both Aces)

Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
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Once you pick your card, there are 3 possible matches remaining in the deck of (now) 51 cards. So the probability of choosing the match is,