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A "standard" deck of playing cards consists of 52 cards in each of the 4 suits of Spades, Hearts, Diamonds, and Clubs. Each suit contains 13 cards: Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King. In how many ways 5 cards can be selected from a "standard" deck of playing cards, without a replacement, so that all 4 suits appear?

A. 1,287
B. 4,056
C. 52,728
D. 405,646
E. 685,464

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Conditions to keep in mind:
1. Each suit is represented in the 5 cards
2. Cards are to be replaced

Because our target is to make sure that all the suits appear, we have to consider each of them.
Ways in which 5 cards can appear -
2S H D C
S 2H D C
S H 2D C
S H D 2C
Total 4 ways.
As cards had to be replaced at any moment there are 52 cards in the deck i.e. 13 cards in each suit.
So, required answer = 4* 13C2*13C1*13C1*13C1 = 685,464

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Can someone please help me out, I did the following calculations:

13*13*13*13*48

The first 4 '13' represent a card from each suit and as 4 cards are gone, the 5th card could be any of the remaining cards, therefore 48 (52-4)
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Can someone please help me out, I did the following calculations:

13*13*13*13*48

The first 4 '13' represent a card from each suit and as 4 cards are gone, the 5th card could be any of the remaining cards, therefore 48 (52-4)


Yes the approach is okay...but you need to divide by 2...since there will be 2 same suite.....13x13x13x13x48/2 = 685464

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