SOLUTION: A poker hand consisting of 9 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 1113050: A poker hand consisting of 9 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) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A poker hand consisting of 9 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 non-face cards:: 40
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# of ways to succeed:: 12C4*40C5 = 325713960
# of possible 9-card hands:: 52C9
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Ans: [12C4*40C5]/[52C9]
Cheers,
Stan H.
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