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enthada | 13:18 Mon 22nd May 2006 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Three cards are drawn at random from an ordinary pack of cards. Find the probability that they will consist of a king, a queen and an ace
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12/52 x 8/51 x 4/50 = 2.8959% . . . . I think
13:57 Mon 22nd May 2006
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It's given by 6x(4/52)x(4/51)x(4/50) = 48/16575 = 0.002896 (6 dp). It occurs once every 345 hands (approx) by chance (more precisely 345.3125 hands) making the ODDS 343 to 1 against (and if it "make I larf" - then so be it!)
14:02 Mon 22nd May 2006
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YES!!!! johnalex you're absoutely right, mate! Hidden depths, eh?
14:04 Mon 22nd May 2006
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. . . full of surprises crofter!


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A: No dog has 5 legs (whereas a dog only has 4) ja

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