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You draw a card at random. Without replacing the first card, you draw a second card at random. What is the probability of drawing a 55 and then a 66? Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.

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Q. You draw a card at random. Without replacing the first card, you draw a second card at random. What is the probability of drawing a 55 and then a 66? Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.
  1. Calculate Probability of Drawing 55: Determine the probability of drawing a 55 from a standard deck of 5252 cards.\newlineThere are 44 fives in a deck of cards (one for each suit). The probability of drawing a 55 is the number of fives divided by the total number of cards.\newlineP(Drawing a 5)=Number of fivesTotal number of cards=452=113P(\text{Drawing a 5}) = \frac{\text{Number of fives}}{\text{Total number of cards}} = \frac{4}{52} = \frac{1}{13}
  2. Calculate Probability of Drawing 66: Determine the probability of drawing a 66 after having drawn a 55, without replacement.\newlineAfter drawing a 55, there are now 5151 cards left in the deck. There are still 44 sixes in the deck since we have not drawn a 66 yet. The probability of drawing a 66 from the remaining cards is the number of sixes divided by the remaining number of cards.\newlineP(Drawing a 6 after a 5)=Number of sixesRemaining number of cards=451P(\text{Drawing a } 6 \text{ after a } 5) = \frac{\text{Number of sixes}}{\text{Remaining number of cards}} = \frac{4}{51}
  3. Calculate Combined Probability: Calculate the combined probability of both events happening in sequence (drawing a 55 and then a 66 without replacement).\newlineThe combined probability is the product of the probabilities of each individual event.\newlineP(Drawing a 5 and then a 6)=P(Drawing a 5)×P(Drawing a 6 after a 5)=113×451P(\text{Drawing a 5 and then a 6}) = P(\text{Drawing a 5}) \times P(\text{Drawing a 6 after a 5}) = \frac{1}{13} \times \frac{4}{51}
  4. Simplify Final Probability: Simplify the expression to find the final probability.\newlineP(Drawing a 5 and then a 6)=113×451=413×51=4663P(\text{Drawing a } 5 \text{ and then a } 6) = \frac{1}{13} \times \frac{4}{51} = \frac{4}{13 \times 51} = \frac{4}{663}

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