SOLUTION: Please assist me in solving this problem. Thank you. When playing five card poker, a royal flush consists of a 5-card hand with A-K-Q-J-10 of the same suit. A.) How many royal fl

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Question 87028: Please assist me in solving this problem. Thank you.
When playing five card poker, a royal flush consists of a 5-card hand with A-K-Q-J-10 of the same suit.
A.) How many royal flushes are there? (order is not important)
B.) What is the probability of getting a royal flush?

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
When playing five card poker, a royal flush consists of a 5-card hand with A-K-Q-J-10 of the same suit.
A.) How many royal flushes are there? (order is not important)
There are 4, one for each suit.
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B.) What is the probability of getting a royal flush?
# of 5-card hands is 52C5 = 2,598,960
P(royal flush) = 4/2 598,960
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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