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Two cards are drawn successively from a deck of 52 cards.  Find the probability that the second card is higher in rank than the first card.  '' Hint'': Show that <math>1 = P(\mbox{higher}) + P(\mbox{lower}) + P(\mbox{same})</math> and use the fact that <math>P(\mbox{higher}) = P(\mbox{lower})</math>.
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\newcommand{\mathds}{\mathbb}</math></div> Two cards are drawn successively from a deck of 52
cards.  Find the
probability that the second card is higher in rank than the first card.  '' Hint'': Show that <math>1 = P(\mbox{higher}) + P(\mbox{lower}) + P(\mbox{same})</math>
and use the fact that <math>P(\mbox{higher}) = P(\mbox{lower})</math>.

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Two cards are drawn successively from a deck of 52 cards. Find the probability that the second card is higher in rank than the first card. Hint: Show that [math]1 = P(\mbox{higher}) + P(\mbox{lower}) + P(\mbox{same})[/math] and use the fact that [math]P(\mbox{higher}) = P(\mbox{lower})[/math].