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Probability of getting 3 diamonds from a card deck

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by Stockmoose16 » Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:24 pm
What is the probability of drawing 3 cards from a deck and drawing 3 diamonds?

My answer key says you should use the following method:

52C3= 22,100
13C3= 286

Answer: 286/22100

But I'm wondering why the following logic doesn't turn out the same answer:
52C3 = 22,100 (total ways to pick 3 cards)
13C1*12C1*11C1= 1716

Probability = 1716/22100

Using the 2nd method, you are simply choosing one card at a time rather than all 3 cards at once. What's the difference and why am I getting different answers?
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Stockmoose16 wrote:What is the probability of drawing 3 cards from a deck and drawing 3 diamonds?

My answer key says you should use the following method:

52C3= 22,100
13C3= 286

Answer: 286/22100

But I'm wondering why the following logic doesn't turn out the same answer:
52C3 = 22,100 (total ways to pick 3 cards)
13C1*12C1*11C1= 1716

Probability = 1716/22100

Using the 2nd method, you are simply choosing one card at a time rather than all 3 cards at once. What's the difference and why am I getting different answers?
Your second method is a li'l wrong
The probability of picking first card which is diamond is 13/52
probability of picking second card is 12/51 and
probability of picking third card is 11/50
so total probability of picking 3 cards which are diamonds is 13/52*12/51*11/50 which is equivalent to your 1st method. Pls. do the calculation :D
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