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Chapter 1, Problem 1.3-4(choose chapter or problem)
Two cards are drawn successively and without replacement from an ordinary deck of playing cards. Compute the probability of drawing (a) Two hearts. (b) A heart on the first draw and a club on the second draw. (c) A heart on the first draw and an ace on the second draw. Hint: In part (c), note that a heart can be drawn by getting the ace of hearts or one of the other 12 hearts.
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QUESTION:
Two cards are drawn successively and without replacement from an ordinary deck of playing cards. Compute the probability of drawing (a) Two hearts. (b) A heart on the first draw and a club on the second draw. (c) A heart on the first draw and an ace on the second draw. Hint: In part (c), note that a heart can be drawn by getting the ace of hearts or one of the other 12 hearts.
ANSWER:Step 1 of 4
A standard deck of cards contains 52 cards, of which 26 are red and 26 are black, 13 are of each suit (hearts, diamonds, spades, clubs) and of which 4 are of each denomination (A, 2 to 10, J, Q, K). The face cards are the jacks J, queens and kings .
General multiplication rule: