SOLUTION: You are dealt 2 cards successively without replacement from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability that the first card is a 2 and the second card is a 10. round

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Question 355169: You are dealt 2 cards successively without replacement from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability that the first card is a 2 and the second card is a 10. round the answer to three decimal places
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are four 2's and four 10's in the deck to begin.
P%282%29=4%2F52=1%2F13
Now there are 51 cards in the deck, three 2's and four 10's.
P%2810%29=4%2F51
So then
P%282-10%29=%281%2F13%29%284%2F51%29=4%2F793=0.00504