Two cards are selected at random without replacement from a well-shuffled deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability of the given event

A pair is drawn

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Zachary Hebert

1 May, 14:01

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Baron Saunders · Answer 1

If two cards make a pair, I believe the answer is 1/104

Not sure tho ...

Mattie Guzman · Answer 2

Consider the deck either as 4 suits of 13, or as 13 suits of 4.

P (same suit) = 1 * 12/51

P (~pair) = 1-P (pair) = 1 - 1 * 3/51

Two cards are selected at random without replacement from a well-shuffled deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability of the given eventA pair is drawn