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  1. October 30th 2009, 11:55 AM #1
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    [SOLVED] Probability involving Combination

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    In a game of bridge the pack of 52 cards is shared equally between all four players. What is the probability that one particular player has no hearts ?

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  2. October 30th 2009, 04:04 PM #2
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    {{13\choose 0}{39\choose 13}\over {52\choose 13}} ={{39\choose 13}\over {52\choose 13}}

    via the hypergeo or if you want to use conditional probabilities....

    \biggl({39\over 52}\biggr)\biggl({38\over 51}\biggr)\biggl({37\over 50}\biggr)\cdots \biggl({27\over 40}\biggr)
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