Asked by lisa

Two cards are drawn without replacement from an ordinary deck of 52 playing cards. What are the odds against drawing two red cards?



______

A)

25 : 77

B)

77 : 25

C)

3 : 1

D)

102 : 25
Answered by PsyDAG
The odds <I>against</I> drawing two red cards = odds of drawing two black cards. The probability of both events occurring is found by multiplying the probabilities of the individual events.

26/52 * 25/51 = ?