+0  
 
0
719
1
avatar

By choosing 4 within 52 cards, how many ways can they be sorted in a way of getting at least 2 kings?

 May 15, 2014

Best Answer 

 #1
avatar+130555 
+5

So....getting "at least" two kings means getting two kings, three kings or all four

The number of ways to get two kings is to choose any two of them and, from the other 48 cards, choose any two of them - since we're drawing four altogether. So we have

nCr(4, 2)*nCr(48, 2) = 6768 ways to do this

The number of ways to get three kings is to choose any three of them and, from the other 48 cards, choose any one of them.  So we have

nCr(4,3)*nCr(48, 1) = 192 ways

And the number of ways to choose all four kings is to take all of them = 1 way.

So, adding all these up we have 6768 + 192 + 1 = 6961

 May 16, 2014
 #1
avatar+130555 
+5
Best Answer

So....getting "at least" two kings means getting two kings, three kings or all four

The number of ways to get two kings is to choose any two of them and, from the other 48 cards, choose any two of them - since we're drawing four altogether. So we have

nCr(4, 2)*nCr(48, 2) = 6768 ways to do this

The number of ways to get three kings is to choose any three of them and, from the other 48 cards, choose any one of them.  So we have

nCr(4,3)*nCr(48, 1) = 192 ways

And the number of ways to choose all four kings is to take all of them = 1 way.

So, adding all these up we have 6768 + 192 + 1 = 6961

CPhill May 16, 2014

1 Online Users

avatar