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Question 344856: A 7-card hand is chosen from a standard 52-card deck. How many of these will have five spades and two hearts? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A 7-card hand is chosen from a standard 52-card deck. How many of these will have five spades and two hearts?
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# of ways to pick 5 spades: 13C5
# of ways to pick 2 hearts: 13C2
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# of ways to pick 7 cards randomly: 52C7
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Probability = [13C5*13C2]/52C7 = 0.00075036
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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