Question 200333
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In a deck of 52, 13 are spades and 39 are something else.


So the probability of drawing a spade on the first draw is *[tex \Large \frac{13}{52} = \frac{1}{4}]


Given that you were successful in pulling a spade on the first draw, there are now 12 spades left in a deck of 51 cards, so the probability of drawing the second spade is *[tex \Large \frac{12}{51}]


And the total probability is the product of these two probabilities:


*[tex \LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \left(\frac{1}{4}\right)\left(\frac{12}{51}\right)]


You can do your own arithmetic.


John
*[tex \LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0]
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