A standard deck of 52 cards contains 4 suits hearts diamonds clubs and spades. Each suit has 13 cards ace 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 jack queen and king. Two cards are randomly drawn without replacement. Calculate the probablity of drawing two diamond cards. Express your answer in percent from rounding to the nearest hundredth
To calculate the probability of drawing two diamond cards, we need to first determine the total number of ways to draw 2 cards from a deck of 52.
Total number of ways to draw 2 cards = 52C2 = (52!)/(2!(52-2)!) = 1326
Next, we need to determine the number of ways to draw 2 diamond cards from the 13 diamond cards in the deck.
Number of ways to draw 2 diamond cards = 13C2 = (13!)/(2!(13-2)!) = 78
Therefore, the probability of drawing two diamond cards = (Number of ways to draw 2 diamond cards) / (Total number of ways to draw 2 cards)
= 78/1326
≈ 0.0588
Converting this to a percentage and rounding to the nearest hundredth, the probability of drawing two diamond cards is approximately 5.88%.
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My apologies for the mistake in my previous response. Let's correct the calculation:
The total number of ways to draw 2 cards from a deck of 52 cards is indeed 52C2 = 52! / (2! * (52-2)!) = 1326.
The number of ways to draw 2 diamond cards from the 13 diamond cards in the deck is 13C2 = 13! / (2! * (13-2)!) = 78.
Therefore, the correct probability of drawing two diamond cards is 78 / 1326 ≈ 0.0588
Converting this to a percentage and rounding to the nearest hundredth, the probability of drawing two diamond cards is approximately 5.88%.
Thank you for pointing out the error, and I appreciate your understanding.