You pick a card at random. Without putting the first card back, you pick a second card at random.678 What is the probability of picking a 6 and then picking a 6? Write your answer as a fraction or whole number. __
Q. You pick a card at random. Without putting the first card back, you pick a second card at random.678 What is the probability of picking a 6 and then picking a 6? Write your answer as a fraction or whole number. __
Calculate total number of cards: Step 1: Calculate the total number of cards in a standard deck.There are 52 cards in a deck.
Determine number of 6s: Step 2: Determine the number of 6s in the deck.There are 4 sixes in a deck (one for each suit: hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades).
Calculate probability of first 6: Step 3: Calculate the probability of picking the first 6.The probability of drawing a 6 on the first draw is 4 out of 52.Probability = 524=131
Calculate probability of second 6: Step 4: Calculate the probability of picking the second 6 after the first has been drawn.After one 6 is drawn, there are 3 sixes left and 51 cards total.Probability = 513
Multiply probabilities: Step 5: Multiply the probabilities of the two independent events.Probabilityoffirst6×Probabilityofsecond6=131×513=6633
More problems from Probability of independent and dependent events