document.write( "Question 1086356: A set of 8 cards contains 1 joker. A and B are 2 players and A chooses 5 cards at random, B taking the
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document.write( "If A has the joker, there are 7C4 ways he could have the other 4 \r\n" );
document.write( "non-jokers.  So 7C4 is the numerator of the probability.\r\n" );
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document.write( "There are 8C5 ways he could have any 5 cards.  So 8C5 is the denominator \r\n" );
document.write( "of the probability.\r\n" );
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