SOLUTION: if 5 cards are taken from a deck of 52 cards what is the probability that 3 will be clubs.

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Question 411541: if 5 cards are taken from a deck of 52 cards what is the probability that 3 will be clubs.
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if 5 cards are taken from a deck of 52 cards

P(3 of them will be clubs)= 13C3*39C2/52C5  |nCx = n%21%2F%28x%21%28n-x%29%21%29

 P(3 of them will be clubs)= 286*741/2598960 = .0815