SOLUTION: Two cards are drawn from a deck of 52 cards. If both cards are spades, how many different hands are possible? (Note: A hand of cards is the collection of cards a player is hold

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Question 1091767: Two cards are drawn from a deck of 52 cards. If both cards are spades, how many different hands are possible?
(Note: A hand of cards is the collection of cards a player is holding, a standard deck of cards contains 13 distinct spades, and the order of the cards does not matter.)

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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How many ways can one choose 2 spades from 13 spades?
It is 13C2 or 13:12/2=78 hands