SOLUTION: The diamond suit from a standard deck of 52 playing cards is removed from the deck, shuffled, and laid out in a row. Determine the number of possible arrangements. A) the first car

Question 861330: The diamond suit from a standard deck of 52 playing cards is removed from the deck, shuffled, and laid out in a row. Determine the number of possible arrangements. A) the first card is the ace, B)the first card is a face card.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
No diamonds. Total number of cards: 39, total number of aces:3
A) 3 aces, so 3 possible choices for the first card. 38 possible choices for 2nd card, 37 for the 3rd, etc.

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B) 9 possible face card (K,Q,J), same reasoning for the remaining cards as in A.

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