You draw two cards from a standard deck of 52 cards and replace the first one before drawing the second. Find the probability of drawing a 4 for the first card and a 9 for the second card. Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.

Question

You draw two cards from a standard deck of 52 cards and replace the first one before drawing the second.  Find the probability of drawing a 4 for the first card and a 9 for the second card.  Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.
 
          0.006      
          0.039      
          0.019      
          0.155      
          0.026      
 
which wwould it be

Reiny · Accepted Answer

1/169 = .005917 which according to the nearest thousandth is 006

Reiny · Answer

since you are replacing the card, the second prob is the same as the first prob(4, then 9 ) = (4/52)(4/52) = (1/13)^2 = 1/169 You do the button-pushing.

Jacob · Answer

still questionable not understanding how to get the problem with the correct answer