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saurabhsrvastav
Oct 31, 2008, 09:53 PM
Suppose I draw two cards from a standard deck without replacement. Given that the first card is an ace, what is the probability that the second card is a queen? I want to solve the problem without using formula and using conditional probability rule.

Unknown008
Nov 1, 2008, 02:17 AM
How many cards are left? 51 cards.

How many queens in it? 4 queens.

So, probability of having a queen is..