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you select a card at random.without replacing the card, you select a second card, find the probability

you select a card at random.without replacing the card, you select a second card, find-example-1
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It is 1/55.

The probability of choosing M from MATHEMATICS is two Ms over eleven letters in total = 2/11
The probability of choosing H from MATHEMATICS is one H over ten letters (since you already picked one) = 1/10

Multiply the two probabilities to get P (M, then H).
= 2/11 * 1/10
= 1/55
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