SOLUTION: If four cards are drawn from a standard deck, determine the probability that exactly three of the four cards will be diamonds?

SOLUTION: If four cards are drawn from a standard deck, determine the probability that exactly three of the four cards will be diamonds?

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Question 458030: If four cards are drawn from a standard deck, determine the probability that exactly three of the four cards will be diamonds?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
nCr=Combination of n things taken r at a time.
There are 13 diamonds in a 52 card deck.
(13C3 * 39C1)/52C4
=(286*39)/270725
=.0412
.
Ed
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