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by Nailya » Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:40 pm
Bill has a small deck of 12 playing cards made up of only 2 suits of 6 cards each. Each of the 6 cards within a suit has a different value from 1 to 6; thus, there are 2 cards in the deck that have the same value.

Bill likes to play a game in which he shuffles the deck, turns over 4 cards, and looks for pairs of cards that have the same value. What is the chance that Bill finds at least one pair of cards that have the same value?

[spoiler]OA 17/33[/spoiler]

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by mike22629 » Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:50 pm
The best way to approach this problem is to find the probability of finding no pairs and subtracting that from one.

Hence:
Probability of picking first: 1 (because it can be any card)
Probability of second card not pairing: 10/11
Probability of third card not pairing : 8/10
Probability of fourth card not pairing: 6/9

1*(10/11)(8/10)(6/9) = 16/33 (probability of no pairs)

1 - (16/33) = 17/33

Probability of at least one pair is 17/33
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Re: Deck of cards

by Vemuri » Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:14 pm
Probability of selecting first card = 12/12 = 1 ( It can be any card).

Probability of selecting second card = 10/11 ( 11 cards are left for selection. We shouldn't select the matching card. )

Probability of selecting the third card = 8/10 ( 10 cards left we shouldn't select the two cards that match the already selected 2 cards)

Probability of selecting the 4th card = 6/9 ( 9 cards are left, we shouldn't select the 3 cards that match the already selected 3 cards)

Probability of selecting the cards with no pairs = 1* 10/11*8/10*6/9 = 16/33

Probability of selecting at least one pair = 1-16/33 = 17/33.
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by Nailya » Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:46 am
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