Two cards are dealt from a standard 52-card deck, one by one, without replacement.

Determine the probability that 2 kings are selected. Show work.

1 answer

The probability of selecting the first king is 4/52. Once the first king is selected and removed from the deck, there are 3 kings left in a deck of 51 cards. Therefore, the probability of selecting a second king after the first king is 3/51. To find the probability of both events occurring, we multiply the probabilities:

(4/52) x (3/51) = 1/221

Therefore, the probability of selecting 2 kings from a standard 52-card deck, one by one, without replacement is 1/221.