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You have a stack of 8 cards numbered 1-8. What is the probability that the first cards selected are 5 and 6?

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Final answer:

To calculate the likelihood of drawing cards 5 and 6 in sequence from a shuffled deck of 8 cards, we multiply the individual probabilities of drawing each card. The result is a probability of 1/56.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asked is a probability question which involves finding the likelihood of drawing two specific cards in sequence from a shuffled deck. However, the detailed information provided relates to different scenarios involving card colors numbered cards, and rolling dice. It does not directly provide the information needed for calculating the specific probability of selecting cards 5 and 6 from a stack of 8 cards numbered 1-8. Nonetheless, if we base our calculation on a standard probabilistic approach without considering the provided scenarios:

The probability of selecting the card number 5 first from the stack of 8 is 1/8 since there is one card number 5 out of eight total cards. Once card number 5 has been selected, it is no longer in the stack, so there are now seven cards left. The probability of selecting card number 6 after that is 1/7. Therefore, the probability of selecting card 5 and then card 6 in the sequence is the product of the two probabilities: 1/8 * 1/7 = 1/56.

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