Two cards are drawn without replacement from a standard deck of 5252 playing cards. What is the probability of choosing a heart and then, without replacement, a spade? Express your answer as a fraction or a decimal number rounded to four decimal places

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Answer:

[tex]\frac{13}{204}[/tex] ≈ 0.0637

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: Two cards are drawn without replacement from a standard deck of 52 playing cards.

To find: probability of choosing a heart and then, without replacement, a spade

Solution:

Probability refers to chance of occurrence of any event.

Probability = Number of favorable outcomes ÷ Total number of outcomes

Total number of cards = 52

Number of hearts = 13

So,

probability of choosing a heart = [tex]\frac{13}{52}=\frac{1}{4}[/tex]

Number of remaining cards = [tex]52-1=51[/tex]

Number of spades = 13

Probability of choosing a spade = [tex]\frac{13}{51}[/tex]

Events consisting of choosing a heart and spade are independent.

So,

Probability of choosing a heart and then, without replacement, a spade =

Probability of choosing a heart × Probability of choosing a spade

= [tex]\frac{1}{4}(\frac{13}{51})=\frac{13}{204}[/tex] ≈ 0.0637