At the beginning of a game, two players each pick a card at random from a standard deck and hold it in his or her hand. Which multiplication expression can be used to find the probability that Kit picks a heart then Oscar picks a diamond?

13/52 * 13/52
13/52* 13/51
13/52 *12/52
13/52* 12/51

Question

At the beginning of a game, two players each pick a card at random from a standard deck and hold it in his or her hand. Which multiplication expression can be used to find the probability that Kit picks a heart then Oscar picks a diamond?

13/52 * 13/52
13/52* 13/51
13/52 *12/52
13/52* 12/51

anonymous · Answer

well hearts make up a quarter of the deck so 1/4 = 13/52, since she removes one heart only 51 cards are left and 13 are diamonds so 13/52 * 13/51