SOLUTION: Heartless poker is played with a deck of cards in which all the hearts have been removed. Note that the deck now has 39 cards. Find the probability of getting a flush (five cards o
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Question 341633: Heartless poker is played with a deck of cards in which all the hearts have been removed. Note that the deck now has 39 cards. Find the probability of getting a flush (five cards of the same suit) when drawing a five-card hand. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Heartless poker is played with a deck of cards in which all the hearts have been removed. Note that the deck now has 39 cards. Find the probability of getting a flush (five cards of the same suit) when drawing a five-card hand.
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Pick a suit: 3 ways
Pick 5 cards of that suit: 13C5 = 1287
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Pick 5 cards randomly = 575757
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P(flush) = (3*1287)/575757 = 0.0067
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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