Combinations · Example 3
(a) In the card game Texas Hold’em (a variation of poker), players are dealt 2 cards from a standard deck to form their hands. How many different hands are possible?
(b) The board game Clue uses a deck of 21 cards. If 3 people are playing, each person gets 6 cards for their hand. How many different 6-card Clue hands are possible?
(c) Palmetto Cash 5 is a game offered by the South Carolina Education Lottery. Players choose 5 numbers from the whole numbers between 1 and 38 (inclusive); the player wins the jackpot of $100,000 if the randomizer selects those numbers in any order. How many different sets of winning numbers are possible?
OpenStax, Contemporary Mathematics · §7.3 Combinations · Example 3
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