Question

You are drawing two cards, without replacement, from a standard deck of 52 cards. What is the

probability of drawing a 2. then a face card (King, Queen, or Jack)?
Leave your answer in decimal form to 4 decimal places.

Answer 1

Dear student,

Answer to your query is provided below

Probability of drawing a 2 at first is (4/52) = (1/13)

Probability of drawing a face card in second try without replacement = 12/51

Explanation:

Total no. Of cards = 52

Total no. Of cards of 2 = 4

Prob. Of drawing 2 = 4/52

Total no. Of face card = 12

Total no.of cards left in deck = 51

Prob. Of drawing face card = 12/51