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document.write( "Pick a suit: 4 ways<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Pick two cards from that suit: 13C2 = 13*12/1*2 = 13*6 = 78<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Unrestricted number of pairs of cards: 52C2 = 52*51/1*2 = 26*51 = 1326<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(pick 2 cards of the same suit) = [4*78]/1326 = 0.23529...<BR>\n" );
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