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Chapter 2: Q. 2.18 (page 49)

Two cards are randomly selected from an ordinary playing deck. What is the probability that it is a blackjack?That is, what is the probability that one of the card is an ace and the other one is either a a ten, a jack, a queen or a king?

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The probability that it is a blackjack is0.0483

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Step 1

Total number of ways to select two cards is 522.

Since, there are 4aces and 4×4=16tens, jacks, queens, kings the number of ways to select blackjack is 4×16=64.

Thus, probability is64522=0.0483

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