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Article #338two pairs
From: Peter Pui Tak Chiu
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 02:49
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 02:49
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hi,
can anyone point out what is wrong with my calculation of getting a hand
of two pairs from a shuffled deck of cards?
the probability i have is:
(13 * 4C2) (12 * 4C2) (4 * 11)
------------------------------ = 0.095078
52C5
which is exactly two times the correct value (0.047539).
pete
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Newsgroups: sci.math.stat Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!wupost!eclnews!cec1!ppc1 From: ppc1@cec1.wustl.edu (Peter Pui Tak Chiu) Subject: two pairs Message-ID: <1992Sep15.024945.17690@wuecl.wustl.edu> Sender: usenet@wuecl.wustl.edu (Usenet Administrator) Nntp-Posting-Host: cec1 Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 02:49:45 GMT Lines: 18