IXL | Probability of independent and dependent events

You pick a card at random. Without putting the first card back, you pick a second card at random.

What is the probability of picking a 4 and then picking a 6?

Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.

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You pick a card at random, put it back, and then pick another card at random.

What is the probability of picking a 3 and then picking a 3?

Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.

Two events are independent if the outcome of the first event does not affect the outcome of the second event.

The events 3 and 3 are independent. The first card does not affect the second card.

Find P(3). There are 3 cards, numbered 1, 2, and 3.

P(3)

Find P(3).

P(3)

Find the probability of picking a 3 and then picking a 3. Multiply P(3) by P(3).

P(3) x P(3)

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