A standard deck of 52 cards contains 4 suits hearts diamonds clubs and spades. Each suit has 13 cards ace 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 jack queen and king. Two cards are randomly drawn without replacement. Calculate the probablity of drawing two diamond cards. Express your answer in percent from rounding to the nearest hundredth

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To calculate the probability of drawing two diamond cards, we need to first determine the total number of ways to draw 2 cards from a deck of 52.

Total number of ways to draw 2 cards = 52C2 = (52!)/(2!(52-2)!) = 1326

Next, we need to determine the number of ways to draw 2 diamond cards from the 13 diamond cards in the deck.

Number of ways to draw 2 diamond cards = 13C2 = (13!)/(2!(13-2)!) = 78

Therefore, the probability of drawing two diamond cards = (Number of ways to draw 2 diamond cards) / (Total number of ways to draw 2 cards)
= 78/1326
≈ 0.0588

Converting this to a percentage and rounding to the nearest hundredth, the probability of drawing two diamond cards is approximately 5.88%.
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My apologies for the mistake in my previous response. Let's correct the calculation:

The total number of ways to draw 2 cards from a deck of 52 cards is indeed 52C2 = 52! / (2! * (52-2)!) = 1326.

The number of ways to draw 2 diamond cards from the 13 diamond cards in the deck is 13C2 = 13! / (2! * (13-2)!) = 78.

Therefore, the correct probability of drawing two diamond cards is 78 / 1326 ≈ 0.0588

Converting this to a percentage and rounding to the nearest hundredth, the probability of drawing two diamond cards is approximately 5.88%.

Thank you for pointing out the error, and I appreciate your understanding.