SOLUTION: The thirteen diamonds are separated from a deck of cards. What is the probability that the face cards (K, Q, & J) are in a set of five randomly selected cards from this set?
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Question 433459: The thirteen diamonds are separated from a deck of cards. What is the probability that the face cards (K, Q, & J) are in a set of five randomly selected cards from this set?
Answer by sudhanshu_kmr(1152) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
no. of ways to select 2 non-face cards out of 10 = 10C2
no. of ways to select 5 cards out of 13 = 13C5
probability = 10C2 / 13C5
= 45/ 1287
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