document.write( "Question 1206284: A standard deck has 52 playing cards—4 cards each of 13 different denominations (ace, two, three, . . . , ten, jack, queen, and
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document.write( "Before you get bad-mouthed for not asking a question,\r\n" );
document.write( "I will assume your question is \"What is the probability\r\n" );
document.write( "of getting such a hand?\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "The 3 aces can be chose 4C3 ways.\r\n" );
document.write( "For each of those ways the 2 non-aces can be chosen from \r\n" );
document.write( "the 48 non-aces in 48C2 ways.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The number of ways any 5 cards could be chosen is 52C5, \r\n" );
document.write( "so the answer is\r\n" );
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document.write( ".  Work that out.\r\n" );
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