SOLUTION: "If you are dealt 5 cards in a game of draw poker, and 3 of them are 5's what is the probability you will get another 5 if you draw 2 cards?" I look at this, and it seems that the

Question 256337: "If you are dealt 5 cards in a game of draw poker, and 3 of them are 5's what is the probability you will get another 5 if you draw 2 cards?" I look at this, and it seems that the answer is 2/47, but I don't understand the best way to express this algebraicly, if it is even the right answer.
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
52-5=47
(46C1*1C1)/47C2 combination of drawing 1 of 46 cards * one 5 divided by combination of 47 cards taken 2 at a time.
46/1081=2/47
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Ed
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