SOLUTION: You are dealt two cards successively (without replacement) from a shuffled deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability that the first card is a King and the second card is a que

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Question 732287: You are dealt two cards successively (without replacement) from a shuffled deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability that the first card is a King and the second card is a queen. Express your answer as a simplified fraction.
A) 2/13 B) 1/663 C) 13/102 D) 4/663
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You are dealt two cards successively (without replacement) from a shuffled deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability that the first card is a King and the second card is a queen. Express your answer as a simplified fraction.
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P(K and Q) = (4/52)(4/51) = 16/2652 = 4/663
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Stan H.
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A) 2/13 B) 1/663 C) 13/102 D) 4/663