Thread: Combinations/Permutations Card problems

You have a standard deck of 52 cards. How many possibilities are there if your turn 6 cards over one by one in the order: an ace, a king, an Ace, a King, an Ace, and a King?

I am trying to help my friend out with his homework but its been so long since I have messed with permutations, combinations, and probability that I am blanking on remembering how to do it. Any help would be greatly appreciate for us. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Tokenfreak

You have a standard deck of 52 cards. How many possibilities are there if your turn 6 cards over one by one in the order: an ace, a king, an Ace, a King, an Ace, and a King?

Originally Posted by Plato

Ok, well that makes sense now since I have use that one king and ace and can't use that one again so it is one less each time. Thanks for that, helped out a lot. We have a ton more of these too do but we just need help on these next two and we should be able to do the rest since they are similar.


You have a standard deck of 52 cards. How many possibilities are there if your turn 6 cards over one by one in the order: an ace, a king, an Ace, a King, an Ace, and a King and each next king is the same suit as the ace before it?

You have a standard deck of 52 cards. How many possibilities are there if your turn 6 cards over one by one in the order: an ace, a king, an Ace, a King, an Ace, and a King and at least one of the kings is NOT the same suit as the ace before it?

Originally Posted by Tokenfreak

You have a standard deck of 52 cards. How many possibilities are there if your turn 6 cards over one by one in the order: an ace, a king, an Ace, a King, an Ace, and a King and each next king is the same suit as the ace before it?

Originally Posted by Tokenfreak

You have a standard deck of 52 cards. How many possibilities are there if your turn 6 cards over one by one in the order: an ace, a king, an Ace, a King, an Ace, and a King and at least one of the kings is NOT the same suit as the ace before it?

Ok, thanks that help us out a lot. We have now successfully finished all the problems with your help except for one last one that is stumping us.

You have a standard deck of 52 cards. You pick a card, look at it, and return it back to the deck. You pick a card 6 times, but you have a bad memory and the only thing you remember are the suits of the picked cards, not even the order. How many possibilities are there?

Originally Posted by Tokenfreak

You have a standard deck of 52 cards. You pick a card, look at it, and return it back to the deck. You pick a card 6 times, but you have a bad memory and the only thing you remember are the suits of the picked cards, not even the order. How many possibilities are there?

I don't understand what is asked.
How many possibilities are there? For what?

Originally Posted by Plato

I don't understand what is asked.
How many possibilities are there? For what?

How many possibilities are there that you pick a card 6 times, look at it, and return it back to the deck; but you only remember the suits of the picked cards and not even the order.

Thats the best I can rephrase it lol as I don't really understand what I am looking for either.

Originally Posted by Tokenfreak

How many possibilities are there that you pick a card 6 times, look at it, and return it back to the deck; but you only remember the suits of the picked cards and not even the order.
Thats the best I can rephrase it lol as I don't really understand what I am looking for either.

Well it seems to be asking for content with respect to suits. Like all spades; three clubs, two diamonds, and heart; or whatever.
If that is correct then the answer is .
That is count of multi-selections.

Thanks again.