jeff is playing cards with a friend. his opponent just dealt him an almost perfect hand all he needs to win is a five. they each have 4 cards. if his opponent doesnt have a five, and jeff has 1 five, what is the probability that the card jeff draws is a five?

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jeff is playing cards with a friend. his opponent just dealt him an almost perfect hand all he needs to win is a five. they each have 4  cards. if his opponent doesnt have a five, and jeff has 1 five, what is the probability that the card jeff draws is a five?

anonymous · Answer

there are 3 fives left, and $52-8=44$ cards in the deck, so $\frac{3}{44}$

anonymous · Answer

ohh that's how you set up the problem, thank you for explaining :)