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Probability of everyone having 4333 distribution in bridge hand with given information
In a game of bridge, there are $4$ players, each is dealt a hand of $13$ cards coming from $4$ suits each of which has $13$ cards in that suit. We say that a player has a 4333 distribution if they ...
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From 52 cards, we draw N times with the return of 1 card each. Expected value of the number of different cards that were drawn. Solution verification
From a deck of 52 cards, we draw N times with the return of one card each. Calculate the expected value of the number of different cards that were drawn.
To calculate the expected value of the number ...
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Draw 5 cards from a deck of 52 without replacement, what is the probability that those 5 cards are in ascending or descending order?
Need help double checking the answer for this one:
Firstly, calculate the probability of getting 5 distinct cards. This would be:
52/52 * 48/51 * 44/50 * 40/49 * 36/48 = p
Now, the probability of the ...
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Alternative solution to finding P(ace of spades is immediately drawn after first ace).
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I understand this proof and it is quite slick and throws up a counterintuitive result.
However, before looking at the solution, I tried my own ham-fisted approach of finding P(AoS immediately ...
