Answer to Question #137829 in Statistics and Probability for Dhananjay

Question

From a pack of card two cards are drawn
find the probability that 1. both are black

Answer 1

Condition probability. A deck of cards has 26 black card.

$P(B_1)=\frac{26}{52}=\frac{1}{2}$

$P(B_2/B_1)=\frac{25}{51}$

$P(B_1B_2)=\frac{1}{2}×\frac{25}{51}=\frac{25}{102}$