Two cards are drawn at random from a shuffled deck and laid aside without being examined. Then a third card is drawn. Show that the probability that the third card is a spade is 1/4 just as it was for the first card. Hint: Consider all the (mutually exclusive) possibilities (two discarded cards spades, third card spade or not spade, etc.).

Two cards are drawn at random from a shuffled deck and laid aside without being examined. Then a third card is drawn. Show that the probability that the third card is a spade is 1/4 just as it was for the first card. Hint: Consider all the (mutually exclusive) possibilities (two discarded cards spades, third card spade or not spade, etc.).

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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