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In the card game Snap, two players each start with half of a shuffled deck. Alternately, each player turns up the top card of their pile. When the top cards of the face-up piles match (but are obviously different suits), the first person to say “snap” gets both face-up piles. When a player reaches the bottom of their pile, both players shuffle their cards then resume playing.
b. What is the probability that the players will turn over 4 cards (2 each without a match).
P(turn over 4 cards with no match: 48/51 * 44/50 * 40/49 * 36/48 = 2112/4165
Unfortunately, that was the wrong answer. The answer is 3464/4165 and I am not sure why.
b. What is the probability that the players will turn over 4 cards (2 each without a match).
P(turn over 4 cards with no match: 48/51 * 44/50 * 40/49 * 36/48 = 2112/4165
Unfortunately, that was the wrong answer. The answer is 3464/4165 and I am not sure why.
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