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You pick a card at random. Without putting the first card back, you pick a second card at random. What is the probability of picking an 88 and then picking a 99? Write your answer as a fraction or whole number..\newline______

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Q. You pick a card at random. Without putting the first card back, you pick a second card at random. What is the probability of picking an 88 and then picking a 99? Write your answer as a fraction or whole number..\newline______
  1. Determine Probability of Picking 88: First, we need to determine the probability of picking an 88 from a standard deck of 5252 cards. There are four 88s in a deck (one for each suit: hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades). The probability of picking an 88 is the number of 88s divided by the total number of cards.\newlineP(Picking an 88) = Number of 88s / Total number of cards\newlineP(Picking an 88) = 452\frac{4}{52}
  2. Calculate Probability of Picking 99 After 88: Next, we need to calculate the probability of picking a 99 after having picked an 88, without putting the 88 back into the deck. Now there are 5151 cards left in the deck, and there are still four 99s (since we haven't picked any 99s yet). The probability of picking a 99 from the remaining cards is the number of 99s divided by the remaining number of cards.\newlineP(Picking a 9 after an 8)=Number of 9sRemaining number of cardsP(\text{Picking a } 9 \text{ after an } 8) = \frac{\text{Number of } 9\text{s}}{\text{Remaining number of cards}}\newlineP(Picking a 9 after an 8)=451P(\text{Picking a } 9 \text{ after an } 8) = \frac{4}{51}
  3. Find Combined Probability of Both Events: Now, we need to find the combined probability of both events happening one after the other. This is found by multiplying the probabilities of each individual event.\newlineP(Picking an 8 and then a 9)=P(Picking an 8)×P(Picking a 9 after an 8)P(\text{Picking an 8 and then a 9}) = P(\text{Picking an 8}) \times P(\text{Picking a 9 after an 8})\newlineP(Picking an 8 and then a 9)=(452)×(451)P(\text{Picking an 8 and then a 9}) = (\frac{4}{52}) \times (\frac{4}{51})
  4. Perform Multiplication to Find Probability: Finally, we perform the multiplication to find the combined probability.\newlineP(Picking an 8 and then a 9)=452×451=162652P(\text{Picking an 8 and then a 9}) = \frac{4}{52} \times \frac{4}{51} = \frac{16}{2652}\newlineTo simplify the fraction, we can divide both the numerator and the denominator by the greatest common divisor, which is 44.\newlineP(Picking an 8 and then a 9)=164/26524=4663P(\text{Picking an 8 and then a 9}) = \frac{16}{4} / \frac{2652}{4} = \frac{4}{663}

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