Question 386179: Suppose 3 cards are randomly chosen (without replacement) fron an ordinary deck of 52 playing cards, and order desn't matter.
a. calculate the size of the sample space.
b. calculate the size of the event "all three cards drawn are aces", You can do this by listing all the ways, then counting them up; or by using combinations.
c.If the above results to calculate the probability of drawing three aces. Express the answer as a fracrtion reduced to simpllest terms.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source):
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a. calculate the size of the sample space drawing 3 cards from deck
order does not matter and there is no replacement
52C3 = 22,100 sample size
b. calculate the size of the event "all three cards drawn are aces",
4C3 = 4 ways possible
c. P(drawing three aces) = 4/22,100
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