SOLUTION: three cards are drawn without replacement from a well shuffled deck of 52 playing cards what is the probability that the third card drawn is a diamond

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Question 921225: three cards are drawn without replacement from a well shuffled deck of 52 playing cards what is the probability that the third card drawn is a diamond
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three cards are drawn without replacement
P(3rd is Diamond) =
P(x=1D, 3rd draw a D) = %2839%2F52%29%2838%2F51%29%2813%2F50%29
+ P(x = 2D, with last a diamond) %2813%2F52%29%2839%2F51%29%2812%2F50%29+%2B%2839%2F52%29%2813%2F51%29%2812%2F50%29+
+ (x= 3D) = %2813%2F52%29%2812%2F51%29%2811%2F50%29