SOLUTION: you got 52 playing cards if you choose to cards at random without replacing them what the probability of choosing a king then a jack?

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Question 498869: you got 52 playing cards if you choose to cards at random without replacing them what the probability of choosing a king then a jack?
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you got 52 playing cards if you choose to cards at random without replacing them what the probability of choosing a king then a jack?
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first card:
total cards: 52
number of kings: 4
probability: 4/52 = 1/13
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second card:
total cards: 51
number of jacks: 4
probability: 4/51
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probalitiy of choosing a king then a jack:
1/13 * 4/51 = 0.006 or 0.6%