Drawing a pair

Draw two cards from a shuffled standard deck. What is the probability they share the same rank (a pair)? Give a decimal.

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  1. Fix the first card and look at the second.
  2. 3 of the remaining 51 cards match its rank.

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0.0588 (± 0.003)

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