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Question 447690: You are dealt 3 cards from a standard deck of 52. Find the probabaility that all the cards are aces. I need to show my work using a tree diagram Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You are dealt 3 cards from a standard deck of 52. Find the probabaility that all the cards are aces. I need to show my work using a tree diagram
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That would be an enormous tree diagram with 52 roots and 52*51*50 = 132600
branches.
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Answer to your Problem without a tree diagram:
# of ways to get 3 aces: 4*3*2 = 24
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# of possible 3 hand outcomes: 52*51*50 = 132600
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P(3 aces) = 24/132600 = 0.0001810
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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