You pick a card at random. Without putting the first card back, you pick a second card at random. 1234What is the probability of picking a 1 and then picking a 3? 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. 1234What is the probability of picking a 1 and then picking a 3? Write your answer as a fraction or whole number. ___
Total Number of Cards: Step 1: Determine the total number of cards. There are 4 cards numbered from 1 to 4.
Probability of Picking 1: Step 2: Calculate the probability of picking a 1 first. Since there is one '1' in four cards, the probability is 41.
Probability of Picking 3: Step 3: Calculate the probability of picking a 3 next, without replacing the first card. Now there are 3 cards left, and one of them is a '3'. So, the probability is 31.
Overall Probability Calculation: Step 4: Multiply the probabilities from Step 2 and Step 3 to find the overall probability of this sequence (1 then 3). 41×31=121.
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