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Question 955825: Four cards were randomly selcted from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. What is the probability that the cards are all jacks,all queens, or all kings?
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Four cards were randomly selcted from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. What is the probability that the cards are all jacks,all queens, or all kings?
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# of ways to succeed: 3*4C4 = 3
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# of possible sets of 4:: 52C4
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P(all J's,Q's, or K's) = 3/52C4 = 0.00001108,,,,
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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