Homework Help: Math-Probab.

Posted by Jane on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 11:23am.

In a deck of 52 cards there are 13 hearts. If 3 are drawn from the deck, without replacement, what is the probability that all 3 cards will be hearts?

Math-Probab. - Reiny, Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 2:38pm
number triples with no restriction = C(52,3) = 22100
number of triples from the hearts = C(13,3) = 286
prob(3hearts) = 286/22100 = 11/850

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