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12-36.
If five cards are dealt from a shuffled deck of playing cards:
What is the probability of getting a five-card hand that is all red?
There are
red cards, choose . The total possible hands come from cards, choose . Express your solution to part (a) in the form:
. See the hint in part (a).
What is the probability of getting a five-card hand that is all clubs?
Express your solution to part (c) in the form
. There are
clubs, choose . What is the probability of getting 5 cards from any one suit?
You will need to add the probabilities of all hearts, all diamonds, all clubs, and all spades.