Question

Two cards are drawn in succession without replacement from a standard deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that the first card is a face card (jack, queen, or king) given that the second card is an ace? (Round your answer to three decimal places.)

Answer 1

There a total of 12 face cards in a stack of 52 playing cards. You know that the second card is an ace, so the value of 51 cards are unknown.

Therefore, the probability is 12/51

Answer 2

48/52+44/52