Cards are drawn one by one without replacement from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. Then, the probability that a face card (jack, queen or king) will appear for the first time on the third card is equal to
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Solution
Total No of ways of choosing three cards from the deck=52C3
As the face card is taken 1st time in three takes, the first 2 takes cannot be face cards.\
So, No of possibilities for 1st 2 takes=52−12C2=40C2