In a standard 52-card deck, there are 26 red cards. Thirteen of the red cards are hearts and thirteen of the red cards are diamonds. You shuffle the deck of cards thoroughly, and look at the top two cards of the deck. Let A be the event “the top card of the deck is a heart. Let B be the event “the 2nd card from the top is a diamond.”In this scenario, what is P(B | A)?

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In a standard 52-card deck, there are 26 red cards. Thirteen of the red cards are
hearts and thirteen of the red cards are diamonds. You shuffle the deck of cards
thoroughly, and look at the top two cards of the deck. Let A be the event “the top card of
the deck is a heart. Let B be the event “the 2nd card from the top is a diamond.”
In this scenario, what is P(B | A)?

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