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You pick a card at random. Without putting the first card back, you pick a second card at random. 33 44 55 66 77 88 99 What is the probability of picking a 55 and then picking an even number? Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.

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Q. You pick a card at random. Without putting the first card back, you pick a second card at random. 33 44 55 66 77 88 99 What is the probability of picking a 55 and then picking an even number? Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.
  1. Determine Probability of 55: First, we need to determine the probability of picking a 55 from the sequence.\newlineThere are 77 cards in total, and only one of them is a 55.\newlineSo, the probability of picking a 55 is 11 out of 77.\newlineCalculation: P(picking a 5)=17P(\text{picking a } 5) = \frac{1}{7}
  2. Probability of Even Number After 55: Next, we need to determine the probability of picking an even number after having picked a 55. After picking a 55, there are 66 cards left. Out of these 66 cards, there are 33 even numbers (44, 66, 88). So, the probability of picking an even number after a 55 is 33 out of 66. Calculation: 5511
  3. Multiply Probabilities: Now, we need to multiply the two probabilities together to find the overall probability of both events happening in sequence.\newlineCalculation: P(picking a 5 and then an even number)=P(picking a 5)×P(picking an even number after a 5)=17×36P(\text{picking a } 5 \text{ and then an even number}) = P(\text{picking a } 5) \times P(\text{picking an even number after a } 5) = \frac{1}{7} \times \frac{3}{6}
  4. Final Probability Calculation: Finally, we perform the multiplication to get the final probability.\newlineCalculation: (17)×(36)=342(\frac{1}{7}) \times (\frac{3}{6}) = \frac{3}{42}\newlineThis fraction can be simplified by dividing both the numerator and the denominator by 33.\newlineCalculation: 342=114\frac{3}{42} = \frac{1}{14}

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