Counting & ProbabilityChallengeExpected Value, Linearity & Advanced Probability
Expected Value, Linearity & Advanced Probability · Challenge problem
Five cards are dealt from a standard -card deck. The ranks are in the order , with the ace counting only as high, so two ranks are adjacent if they are next to each other in this list ( and are adjacent; and are not). What is the expected number of pairs of cards in the hand whose ranks are adjacent? Express your answer as a common fraction.