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  • Apr 26, 2009, 04:40 PM
    sjl5143
    Probability with a deck of cards
    With two cards being dealt successively, without replacement, from a 52 card (standard) deck. The probability of being dealt a club SECOND, given you were dealt a diamond FIRST.

    How would this be set up? How can I figure this out?
  • Apr 26, 2009, 05:19 PM
    Perito
    You know that the first card was not a club. There are, therefore, 13 clubs, 13 hearts, 13 spades, and 12 hearts -- 51 cards in total. The chance of being dealt a club under these conditions is


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