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Question 952944: five cards are chosen at random from an ordinary deck of 52 cards. how many ways is it possible to choose 2 hearts, 1 diamond, and 2 spades? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! five cards are chosen at random from an ordinary deck of 52 cards. how many ways is it possible to choose 2 hearts, 1 diamond, and 2 spades?
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2 hearts:: 13C2 = (13*12/2) = 13*6 = 78 ways
1 diamond:: 13C1 = 13 ways
2 spades:: 13C2 = 78 ways
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Ans:: 13*78^2 ways
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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