Question 425873
you have the number 1 through 9.
5 of those numbers are odd (1,3,5,7,9)
4 of those numbers are even (2,4,6,8)


if he wants to draw all odd cards from the deck, then it will require a minimum of 5 draws from the deck.


the probability that the first card is odd is equal to 5/9
the probability that the second card is odd is equal to 4/8
the probability that the third card is odd is equal to 3/7
the probability that the fourth card is odd is equal to 2/6
the probability that the fifth card is odd is equal to 1/5


the probability that all 5 odd cards will be drawn from the deck in 5 draws from the deck is:


5/9 * 4/8 * 3/7 * 2/6 * 1/5


the total probability becomes .007936508


to see how this works, use smaller numbers.


suppose you have 3 numbers (1,2,3)


p(getting all odd) would require a minimum of 2 draws.


p(odd on first draw) = 2/3
p(odd on second draw) = 1/2


p(odd on first and second draw) = 2/6


here are the possible combination when you draw 2 cards out of 3.

<pre>
first draw      second draw     combination
     1              2           1 odd 1 even
     2              1           1 even 1 odd
     1              3           2 odd *****
     3              1           2 odd *****
     2              3           1 even 1 odd
     3              2           1 odd 1 even
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only 2 out of 6 possible combinations have all odd numbers.
same idea works with your problem.
answer for your problem is:

(5*4*3*2*1) / (9*8*7*6*5) = .007936508