Question

A man draws a card from a pack of 52 playing cards, replaces it and shuffles the pack. He continues this processes until he gets a card of spade. The probability that he will fail the first two times is

• A. $\frac { 9 } { 16 }$
• B. $\frac { 1 } { 16 }$
• C. $\frac { 9 } { 64 }$
• D. None of these

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

$\frac { 9 } { 64 }$

Answer 2

The required probability is given by