Question 886527
The following questions involve either bridge hands (13 cards) or poker hands (5 cards):

a) how many possible poker hands exist?	
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C(52,5)
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b) how many poker hands contain all Hearts? 
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C(13,5)
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c) how many poker hands contain at least one Ace?	
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Number of poker hands MINUS the number of no-Ace handa

C(52,5)-C(48,5)
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d) how many possible bridge hands contain all spades OR all hearts? 
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C(13,13)+C(13,13) = 1+1= 2.  (Either all the spades or all the hearts)
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e) how many bridge hands contain exactly 5 Hearts, 5 Diamonds, 2 Spades and one Club
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C(13,5)*C(13,5)*C(13,2)*C(13,1)

Edwin</pre>