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From a deck of 52 cards, four cards are drawn simultaneously, find the chance that they will be the four honors of the same suit

given: deck of 52 cards

formula:


we have to find the probability that all the face cards of same suits are drawn


total possible outcomes are


n(S)=52C4


let E be the event that all the cards drawn are face cards of same suit


n(E)=4×4C4=4




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