document.write( "Question 1204246: A poker hand consisting of 8 cards is dealt from a standard deck of 52 cards.\r
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document.write( "A standard deck of 52 cards has 12 face cards and 40 cards that are not face cards.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The total number of groups of 8 cards is   = 752538150.  It is the full set of events.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Of them, favorable set consists of groups that have 2 face cards, which we can combine in   = 66 ways,\r\n" );
document.write( "and 8-2 = 6 non-face cards, which we can combine in   = 3838380 ways.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, the probability under the question is  P = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "The reduced fraction is  P = .    ANSWER\r\n" );
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