Suppose sam is playing 5 card draw poker with standard deck. He got king of diam

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Suppose sam is playing 5 card draw poker with standard deck. He got king of diamonds, queen of hearts, jack of hearts, jack of club and ten of club. He decide to discard one of jack and get a replacement card. a) What is the probability that he will get a straight? b) pair of queens? Suppose sam is playing 5 card draw poker with standard deck. He got king of diamonds, queen of hearts, jack of hearts, jack of club and ten of club. He decide to discard one of jack and get a replacement card. a) What is the probability that he will get a straight? b) pair of queens? Suppose sam is playing 5 card draw poker with standard deck. He got king of diamonds, queen of hearts, jack of hearts, jack of club and ten of club. He decide to discard one of jack and get a replacement card. a) What is the probability that he will get a straight? b) pair of queens? a) What is the probability that he will get a straight? b) pair of queens?

Explanation / Answer

a) Assuming Sam is the only player. There are 52 cards in a deck and for a straight, an Ace is required. There are four Aces remaining out 47 cards left in the deck.

P(Getting a straight) = 4/47 = 0.085106

b) There are 3 Queens remaining in the deck
P(pair of queens) = 3/47 = 0.063830

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