2007 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 21
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Two cards are dealt from a deck of four red cards labeled , , , and four green cards labeled , , , . A winning pair is two of the same color or two of the same letter. What is the probability of drawing a winning pair?
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Solution 2
Notice that, no matter which card you choose, there are exactly 4 cards that either has the same color or letter as it. Since there are 7 cards left to choose from, the probability is . theepiccarrot7
Solution 3
We can use casework to solve this.
Case : Same letter
After choosing any letter, there are seven cards left, and only one of them will produce a winning pair. Therefore, the probability is .
Case : Same color
After choosing any letter, there are seven cards left. Three of them will make a winning pair, so the probability is .
Now that we have the probability for both cases, we can add them: .
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