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Cconfusing probability problem

I already took stats and now I am taking this random math course in which the professor is trying to make probability allot harder than it is. Please help . Please explain why in a two card hand out of a deck of 52 cards the probability of getting 2 consecutive cards is  208/1326, how did you get this?

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