SOLUTION: Compute the probability of randomly drawing five cards from a deck and getting exactly one Queen? Your answer should be a decimal to three places.

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Question 1179581: Compute the probability of randomly drawing five cards from a deck and getting exactly one Queen? Your answer should be a decimal to three places.

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
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Choose the queen 4 ways, then choose 4 non-queens any of 48C4=194580
ways.

That's (4)(194580) = 778320 ways out of 52C5=2598960

778320/2598960 which reduces to 3243/10829 which is about 0.299.

Edwin