document.write( "Question 1202335: Find the probability that a poker hand of 5 cards will contain only black cards if it is known to contain 3 black cards. \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Since you are given that the poker hand contains 3 black cards, to be successful,\r\n" );
document.write( "the other 2 cards are black and selected from a 49-card deck that contains 23\r\n" );
document.write( "black cards and 26 red cards.\r\n" );
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document.write( "numerator = 23 black cards choose 2 = C(23,2) = [(23)(22)]/[(2)(1)] = 253\r\n" );
document.write( "denominator = 49 cards choose 2 = C(49,2) = [(49)(48)]/[(2)(1)] = 1176\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer = 253/1176\r\n" );
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