SOLUTION: A poker hand consisting of 8 cards is dealt from a standard deck of 52 cards. Find the probability that the hand contains exactly 4 face cards.

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Question 1082632: A poker hand consisting of 8 cards is dealt from a standard deck of 52 cards. Find the probability that the hand contains exactly 4 face cards.

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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A poker hand consisting of 8 cards is dealt from a standard deck of 52 cards. Find the probability that the hand contains exactly 4 face cards.
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# of face cards:: 3*4 = 12
# of cards:: 52
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# of ways to get 4 face:: 12C4
# of ways to get 4 non-face:: 40C4
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P(exactly 4 face) = [12C4*40C4/52C8] = 0.0611
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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