Two cards are drawn in succession without replacement from a standard deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that the first card is a face card (jack, queen, or king) given that the second card is an eight?

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anonymous · Answer

like the last example exactly

anonymous · Answer

.526 Is what I got, and I know that is wrong.

anonymous · Answer

$$((12/51)*(1/4))/((12/51)*(1/4))+((3/4)*(40/51))$$

anonymous · Answer

Where did I go wrong?

amistre64 · Answer

relying on a formula instead of a little bit of logic would be my first guess ...

the formula looks daunting in that format

amistre64 · Answer

if its just a practice in using the formula .... then good luck

amistre64 · Answer

knowing the second pull is n 8; that leaves us 12 face cards out of 51 left

anonymous · Answer

not practice with the formula, but I still have a variable wrong