2006 Alabama ARML TST Problems/Problem 3
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Problem
River draws four cards from a standard 52 card deck of playing cards. Exactly 3 of them are 2’s. Find the probability River drew exactly one spade and one club from the deck.
Solution
The probability is equal two the number of successful outcomes(
) divided by the number of outcomes(
). 
, from the 4 ways to choose the 2's and the 48 ways to choose the other card. Now we find . From the three 2's, there must be at least one spade or club.
Case 1: One but not the other
Whether it's a spade or a club in the 2's, the probability is the same, so we must multiply by two. Now the number of ways to choose a spade but not a club is 12, since after we choose the 3 2's, we must choose a club that is not a 2. 
.
Case 2: Both
There are two ways to choose the third 2, and then we must choose a heart or a diamond, which there are 25 of.
Answer
Therefore, 
. Thus the probability of one spade and one club is 
See also
| 2006 Alabama ARML TST (Problems) | ||
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