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OpenStudy (hesan):

two cards are drawn at random from a deck of well shuffled cards. Determine the probability that both the cards are Aces.

OpenStudy (lgbasallote):

there are 4 aces in the deck so the probability of drawing an ace would be 4/52 the probability of drawing another ace would be 3/49 <-bevause the cards decreased since you drew one card to get the probability of drawing consecutively just multiply 4/52 x 3/49 got it??

OpenStudy (lgbasallote):

4/52 x 3/51 sorry

OpenStudy (lgbasallote):

probability of drawing another ace is 3/51 then the probability of drawing both aces is 4/52 x 3/51

OpenStudy (anonymous):

4/52x3/51 sounds right (y)

OpenStudy (lgbasallote):

idk why i wrote 49 @_@

OpenStudy (hesan):

Plz explain your answer

OpenStudy (lgbasallote):

do you get why it's 4/52?

OpenStudy (hesan):

why its 3/51

OpenStudy (hesan):

?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

3 is because you have picked 1 (one) Ace out of the four already and 51 because you have picked 1 (one) card out of the entire deck already

OpenStudy (lgbasallote):

because you drew one ace already so there would be 3 aces left and 51 cards left

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