SOLUTION: A 3-card hand is drawn from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability that the hand contains the given cards.
no clubs
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no clubs
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Question 238197: A 3-card hand is drawn from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability that the hand contains the given cards.
no clubs Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A 3-card hand is drawn from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability that the hand contains the given cards.
no clubs
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# of ways to pick 3 that are not clubs : 39C3
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# of ways to pick 3 with no restriction: 52C3
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Probability (no clubs) = 39C3/52C3 = 9139/22100 = 0.4135
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Cheers,
Stan H.