SOLUTION: Please solve. Suppose 2 cards are drawn without replacement from an ordinary deck of 52. Find the probability of both cards are red. Please show work. Thank you.

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Question 958391: Please solve.
Suppose 2 cards are drawn without replacement from an ordinary deck of 52. Find the probability of both cards are red.
Please show work. Thank you.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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At the start, 26 cards are red, 26 are black.
P%28R1%29=26%2F52=1%2F2
P%28R2%29=25%2F51
So then,
P%28R1%2CR2%29=%281%2F2%29%2825%2F51%29
P%28R1%2CR2%29=25%2F102