SOLUTION: Two cards are chosen with replacement from a standard deck of playing cards. Let the random variable X represent the number of times a heart is chosen. What is the probability of t

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Question 1190887: Two cards are chosen with replacement from a standard deck of playing cards. Let the random variable X represent the number of times a heart is chosen. What is the probability of that X=0?
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On each draw, 1/4 of the cards are hearts and 3/4 are not.

The probability of getting 0 hearts on two draws is

P(X=0) = (3/4)(3/4) = 9/16