Elementary Statistics: A Step-by-Step Approach with Formula Card 9th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078136334
ISBN 13: 978-0-07813-633-7

Chapter 4 - Probability and Counting Rules - 4-3 The Multiplication Rules and Conditional Probability - Exercises 4-3 - Page 223: 15

Answer

a. 1/17 b. 4/17 c. 1/221

Work Step by Step

a. There are 13 spades and two are drawn without replacement, hence: 13/52 x 12/51 = 1/17 b. There are 4 suits, hence: 4 x (1/17) = 4/17 c. There are 4 kings and two are drawn without replacement, hence: 4/52 x 3/51 = 1/221
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