SOLUTION: Please help me solve this problem. An ordinary deck of playing cards contains 52 cards, 26 red and 26 black. If a card is dealt to each of 2 players, find in how many d

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Question 389019: Please help me solve this problem.



An ordinary deck of playing cards contains 52 cards, 26 red and 26 black. If a card is dealt to each of 2 players, find in how many different ways this can be done if the following occur:
a. Both cards are red.

Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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For the first card,
P%28R%29=26%2F52=1%2F2
For the second red card,
P%28R%29=25%2F51
So for two red cards,
P%28R%2CR%29=%281%2F2%29%2825%2F51%29
P%28R%2CR%29=25%2F102
The total possible number of ways to deal two cards is,
N=52%2A51=2652
So the total ways to deal (R,R) is
N%5BRR%5D=%2825%2F102%29%282652%29=highlight%28650%29