Question

From a deck of 52 cards, two cards are radomly drawn without replacement. Which expression represents the probability of drawing two hearts?
A. 2/52
B. 13/52· 13/51
C. 13/52· 12/51
D. 13/52· 13/52

Answer 1

There are 13 hearts in a standard deck of 52 cards.

So the probability of picking a heart is 13/52.

The probability of picking another card and not replacing the heart we drew will be 12/51, because we are short on 1 heart.

So the expression is:

13/52 * 12/51