document.write( "Question 861330: The diamond suit from a standard deck of 52 playing cards is removed from the deck, shuffled, and laid out in a row. Determine the number of possible arrangements. A) the first card is the ace, B)the first card is a face card. \n" ); document.write( "
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No diamonds. Total number of cards: 39, total number of aces:3\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "A) 3 aces, so 3 possible choices for the first card. 38 possible choices for 2nd card, 37 for the 3rd, etc.
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\n" ); document.write( "B) 9 possible face card (K,Q,J), same reasoning for the remaining cards as in A.
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