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Old 07-24-2008, 06:32 PM   #6 (permalink)
kiranlegend
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Originally Posted by ssky View Post
An eight-card deck consists of 4 pairs of each suit. 2 cards are taken at random without repetition. What is the probability to have two cards of the same suit?

A. 1/2
B.1/3
C.1/4
D.1/7
E.1/8
8 C 2 = 28

one card is drawn from one suit among 4 suits available = 4 c 1 = 4

2nd card should be from that suit only = 1c1

so the ans = 1/7

what is OA?
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