document.write( "Question 1075839: When drawing cards without replacement from a standard 52 card
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When drawing cards without replacement from a standard 52 card
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Think of having the deck of cards stacked with 9 of the 13 hearts \r\n" );
document.write( "on the bottom of the deck and the other 4 hearts anywhere\r\n" );
document.write( "among the top 43 cards.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then if we turn the cards over from the top one at a time, we would\r\n" );
document.write( "turn over a maximum of 43 cards before we would get the 44th card\r\n" );
document.write( "to give us 5 hearts. \r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: 43\r\n" );
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Fewer than 7 face cards

Think of having the deck of cards stacked with 6 of the 12 face \r\n" );
document.write( "cards on the bottom of the deck and the other 6 face cards anywhere\r\n" );
document.write( "among the top 46 cards.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then if we turn the cards over from the top one at a time, we would\r\n" );
document.write( "turn over a maximum of 46 cards before we would get the 47th card\r\n" );
document.write( "to give us 7 face cards. \r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: 46\r\n" );
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