A deck of 26 alphabet cards market A through Z is shuffled, and 2 cards are dealt. What is the probability that the cards are X and Y?

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anonymous · Answer

well those are two cards out of 26 so it would be 2:26 but that can be reduced to 1:13

anonymous · Answer

13/26 is the answer because half of 26 happens to.be the 13 so 13/26. Is the probability of the X and Y

kropot72 · Answer

The probability that the first card dealt is X is 1/26.
The probability that the second card dealt is Y is 1/25.
The probability that the cards are X and Y is
$$\frac{1}{26}\times \frac{1}{25}=you\ can\ calculate$$
Note that the same result is obtained if Y was dealt first and then X was dealt next.