# What is the probability of drawing two aces from a deck of 52 cards?

## What is the probability of drawing two aces from a deck of 52 cards?

probability that they will both be aces? P(AA) = (4/52)(3/51) = 1/221.

## What is the probability of drawing an ace from a standard deck of 52 cards?

The probability of picking up an ace in a 52 deck of cards is 4/52 since there are 4 aces in the deck. The odds of picking up any other card is therefore 52/52 – 4/52 = 48/52.

What is the probability of getting an 8 from a deck of 52 playing cards?

1.92%# Although not requested, if an 8 from a specific suit was required, the Probability would be: (1/52) or 0.0192 or 1.92%. A card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards.

### What’s the probability of drawing two aces?

The chance of drawing one of the four aces from a standard deck of 52 cards is 4/52; but the chance of drawing a second ace is only 3/51, because after we drew the first ace, there were only three aces among the remaining 51 cards. Thus, the chance of drawing an ace on each of two draws is 4/52 × 3/51, or 1/221.