The Basic Practice of Statistics
The Basic Practice of Statistics
8th Edition
ISBN: 9781319057916
Author: Moore
Publisher: MAC HIGHER
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Chapter 13, Problem 13.41E

(a)

To determine

To find: The probability of the first card drawn is a spade and the conditional probability that the second card drawn is a spade, given that the first is a spade.

(b)

To determine

To find: The conditional probability of a spade for the third, fourth and fifth card given in each case that all previous cards are spades.

(c)

To determine

To explain: The reason to get the probability is the product of the five probabilities obtained in succession.

To find: The probability of drawing five spades in succession from the top of the deck is the product of the five probabilities you have found.

(d)

To determine

To find: The probability that the five cards drawn all belong to the same suit.

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