SOLUTION: Five-card hands are dealt at random from an ordinary deck of 52 playing cards. a. How many hands are possible? b. How many hands are possible that contain only red

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Question 340748: Five-card hands are dealt at random from an ordinary deck of 52 playing cards.
a. How many hands are possible?




b. How many hands are possible that contain only red cards?




c. How many hands are possible that contain only spades?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Five-card hands are dealt at random from an ordinary deck of 52 playing cards.

a. 	How many hands are possible?

52 choose 5





b. 	How many hands are possible that contain only red cards?


26 choose 5




	c.   How many hands are possible that contain only spades?


13 choose 5



Edwin
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