SOLUTION: In how many ways can a jack, a queen and a king be chosen from a deck of 52 cards?

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Question 479197: In how many ways can a jack, a queen and a king be chosen from a deck of 52 cards?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 4 ways to pick the Jack.
For each of the 4 ways to pick the Jack, 
there are 4 ways to pick the Queen.
That's 4×4 or 16 ways to pick the Jack and the Queen.
For each of the 16 ways to pick the Jack and the Queen,
there are 4 ways to pick the King.
That's 16×4 or 64 ways to pick the Jack, Queen and King.

Here are all those 64 ways:

 1. J Q K
 2. J Q K
 3. J Q K♠
 4. J Q K♣
 5. J Q K
 6. J Q K
 7. J Q K♠
 8. J Q K♣
 9. J Q♠ K
10. J Q♠ K
11. J Q♠ K♠
12. J Q♠ K♣
13. J Q♣ K
14. J Q♣ K
15. J Q♣ K♠
16. J Q♣ K♣
17. J Q K
18. J Q K
19. J Q K♠
20. J Q K♣
21. J Q K
22. J Q K
23. J Q K♠
24. J Q K♣
25. J Q♠ K
26. J Q♠ K
27. J Q♠ K♠
28. J Q♠ K♣
29. J Q♣ K
30. J Q♣ K
31. J Q♣ K♠
32. J Q♣ K♣
33. J♠ Q K
34. J♠ Q K
35. J♠ Q K♠
36. J♠ Q K♣
37. J♠ Q K
38. J♠ Q K
39. J♠ Q K♠
40. J♠ Q K♣
41. J♠ Q♠ K
42. J♠ Q♠ K
43. J♠ Q♠ K♠
44. J♠ Q♠ K♣
45. J♠ Q♣ K
46. J♠ Q♣ K
47. J♠ Q♣ K♠
48. J♠ Q♣ K♣
49. J♣ Q K
50. J♣ Q K
51. J♣ Q K♠
52. J♣ Q K♣
53. J♣ Q K
54. J♣ Q K
55. J♣ Q K♠
56. J♣ Q K♣
57. J♣ Q♠ K
58. J♣ Q♠ K
59. J♣ Q♠ K♠
60. J♣ Q♠ K♣
61. J♣ Q♣ K
62. J♣ Q♣ K
63. J♣ Q♣ K♠
64. J♣ Q♣ K♣

Edwin