Of the 2,598,960 different five card hands from a 52 card deck, how many would contain 2 black cards and 3 red cards?
1 Answer
Nov 22, 2016
First we take the cards in order, and then we divide by the number of orders for the five cards, as order doesn't matter.
Explanation:
1st black card: 26 choices
2nd black card: 25 choices
1st red card: 26 choices
2nd red card: 25 choices
3rd red card: 24 choices
A total of
But since all orders are equal, we divide by the number of orders for a five card hand:
Answer:
