<PRE><B>Question 529602</B>
If two cards are drawn from a standard 52 card deck without replacement, in how many different ways is it possible to obtain a heart on the first draw and an ace on the second?
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# of ways to succeed: 12*4 ways to pick a heart, not the ace of hearts,
followed by an ace = 48
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# of ways to succeed; 1 way to pick ace of hearts followed by ace = 1*3 = 3
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Total ways to succeed: 51
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Total # of random pairs: 52C2 = 1326
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Probability = 51/1326 = 0.0385
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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