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Question 561981: Ok so the question is this: Two cards are drawn in succession from a standard deck of 52 cards. Find the probability that an ace and a jack, in that order, are drawn. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Two cards are drawn in succession from a standard deck of 52 cards. Find the probability that an ace and a jack, in that order, are drawn.
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# of ways to pick an ace: 4
# of ways to pick a jack: 4
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# of ace/jack pairs = 16
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# of random pairs: 52C2 = 1326
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P(ace/jack) = 16/1326 = 0.0098
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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