SOLUTION: Four cards with "girl" printed on them and five cards with "boy" printed on them are shuffled and placed face-down on a table. A card is drawn, and without replacing it, a second c

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Question 605958: Four cards with "girl" printed on them and five cards with "boy" printed on them are shuffled and placed face-down on a table. A card is drawn, and without replacing it, a second card is drawn. What is the probability that both cards have "girl" written on them
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Four cards with "girl" printed on them and five cards with "boy" printed on them are shuffled and placed face-down on a table. A card is drawn, and without replacing it, a second card is drawn. What is the probability that both cards have "girl" written on them
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# of ways to succeed: 4C2 = 6
# of random pairs: 9C2 = 36
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P(2 girl cards) = 6/36 = 1/6
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Stan H.