Thread: Probability combinations help!

Please help,
What is the probability of having two aces, two kings, and a queen in a five‐card poker hand?

,Thanks

Originally Posted by lucak

What is the probability of having two aces, two kings, and a queen in a five‐card poker hand?

There are ways to have two aces, two kings, and a queen in a five‐card poker hand.

Originally Posted by Plato

There are ways to have two aces, two kings, and a queen in a five‐card poker hand.

I understand how you got that that part I get but the answer in the back of the book was (4combination2)(4combination2)(4combination1) that was in the numerator. Then in the denominator it was 52combination5 and the answer was 3 over 216580. I don't understand how they got that answer

Originally Posted by lucak

I understand how you got that that part I get but the answer in the back of the book was (4combination2)(4combination2)(4combination1) that was in the numerator. Then in the denominator it was 52combination5 and the answer was 3 over 216580. I don't understand how they got that answer

Do you understand that

Originally Posted by Plato

Do you understand that

Yes I understand that, but how did they get 3 as the top numerator?

Originally Posted by lucak

Yes I understand that, but how did they get 3 as the top numerator?

You do not. Your textbook is wrong. .