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If there are 52 cards in a deck what is the probability of drawing two cards, and getting a king both times?

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There are two cases here:

Case 1: First card chosen is a queen

452∗351=1221452351=1221Case 2: First card chosen is not a queen.4852451=162214852451=16221Adding both the cases, we get 1722117221 = 452452 = 113113In a simpler case: Think about it this way: Shuffle a deck of cards randomly. The probability of drawing a queen as your second card is the same as the probability that the second card in the deck is a queen, which is clearly 4/52.
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