Vincent Rylee will select two cards randomly from a standard deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that he will get a face card in the second selection given that the first card is a king?

Answer 1

a king is a face card, so that leaves on the 2nd draw 51 cards of which 11 are face cards left

11/51 is the probability of a 2nd face card

Kings, Queens & Jacks are face cards. 4 given 4 suits for a total of 4x3 = 12 face cards for the 1st draw.

take one out, that leaves 11 face cards left out of 52-1 = 51 cards

P(face card/king) = 11/51 = about 21.6% chance = about 1/5