SOLUTION: If four cards are drawn in succession and without replacement from a standard deck of fifty two cards how many sets of four cards are possible

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Question 859037: If four cards are drawn in succession and without replacement from a standard deck of fifty two cards how many sets of four cards are possible
Answer by ben720(159) About Me  (Show Source):
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For the first card, there are 52 possibilities to draw.
For the second card, there are only 51, as you took one away
For the third card, there are 50
For the last, there are 49 to choose from.
For the total number of permutations, there are 52%2A51%2A50%2A49, as for each second card, there are that many first cards to go with it, etc.

So, P=52%2A51%2A50%2A49
From here, all you have to do is multiply those numbers.
P=6497400

There are 6497400 possibilities.