SOLUTION: you randomly select 2 cards from a standard 52-card deck. what is the probability that the first card is not a face card and the second card is a face card if (a) you replace the f

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Question 838540: you randomly select 2 cards from a standard 52-card deck. what is the probability that the first card is not a face card and the second card is a face card if (a) you replace the first card before selecting the second and (b) you do not replace the first?
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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you randomly select 2 cards from a standard 52-card deck. what is the probability that the first card is not a face card and the second card is a face card if
(a) you replace the first card before selecting the second
P(not face AND face) = (40/52)(12/52)
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(b) you do not replace the first?
P(not face and face) = (40*12)/52C2 = (40/52)(12/51)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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