You draw two cards from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. After you draw the first card, you do not replace it in the deck. What is the probability of P (get ace of spades on first draw and get queen of hearts second draw?

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Melany Maddox

18 November, 20:07

You draw two cards from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. After you draw the first card, you do not replace it in the deck. What is the probability of P (get ace of spades on first draw and get queen of hearts second draw?

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Julio Weber · Answer 1

52 total cards ...

P (ace of spades on first draw) = 1/52

without replacing

P (queen of hearts) = 1/51

P (both events happening) = 1/52 * 1/51 = 1/2652 <==