A bag contains 26 letters and 9 numerals. Aubrey draws two cards from the bag. What is the probability that she draws 2 numerals?
The probability is 34% because 9/26=.34615384615. The first 2 numbers makes the percentage
Assuming that she does not replace the first card, you have to combine the two probabilities of drawing a numeral, then drawing a numeral again. The probability of drawing a numeral is \(\frac{9}{35}\) or 25.71%. The 35 is a count of all the cards in the bag. The probability that she draws a numeral the second time without replacing the first one is now: \(\frac{8}{34}\) or 23.53%. Multiplying these together gets you: \(\frac{36}{595}\) or 6.05%.