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Two Packs Of Cards (Posted on 2004-02-05)

Two identical pack of cards A and B are shuffled throughly. One card is picked from A and shuffled with B. The top card from pack A is turned up.
If this is the Queen of Hearts, what are the chances that the top card in B will be the King of Hearts?

See The Solution Submitted by Ravi Raja

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re(2): Agreement with nobody

| Comment 13 of 16 |

(In reply to re: Agreement with nobody by Charlie)

Mmmmmm.....
Now that really has confused me, but you are right. so now i don't know if i agree with charlie or stan, i'll flip a coin......
......It's Charlie again.
I do appologise for not being a mathematician, it just all seams to sit right one minute and then someone comes and explains it in a way i still don't understand.

Posted by Phil on 2004-02-06 14:42:25

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