You select a card at random. Without putting the first card back, you select another card at random. What is the probability of selecting a 3 and then selecting a 4? Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.______
Q. You select a card at random. Without putting the first card back, you select another card at random. What is the probability of selecting a 3 and then selecting a 4? Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.______
Probability of Selecting a 3: Assuming we are dealing with a standard deck of 52 playing cards, there are 4 cards of each rank. The probability of selecting a 3 on the first draw is the number of 3s in the deck divided by the total number of cards.P(Selecting a 3) = Number of 3s / Total number of cards= 524= 131
Probability of Selecting a 4 after a 3: After drawing a 3, there are now 51 cards left in the deck. The probability of selecting a 4 on the second draw, without replacing the first card, is the number of 4s remaining divided by the new total number of cards.P(Selecting a 4 after a 3)=Remaining number of cardsNumber of 4s=514
Combined Probability of Selecting a 3 and then a 4: To find the combined probability of both events happening in sequence (selecting a 3 and then a 4), we multiply the probabilities of each individual event.P(Selecting a 3 and then a 4) = P(Selecting a 3) × P(Selecting a 4 after a 3)= (1/13)×(4/51)
Combined Probability of Selecting a 3 and then a 4: To find the combined probability of both events happening in sequence (selecting a 3 and then a 4), we multiply the probabilities of each individual event.P(Selecting a 3 and then a 4) = P(Selecting a 3) × P(Selecting a 4 after a 3)= (1/13)×(4/51)Now we perform the multiplication to find the combined probability.P(Selecting a 3 and then a 4) = (1/13)×(4/51)= 4/(13×51)= 4/663
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