Probability each player gets an ace in 52-card deal

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how to solve it..
what is the probability that each player has a hand containing an ace when the 52 cards of a standard deck are dealt to four players?
 
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tc said:
how to solve it..
what is the probability that each player has a hand containing an ace when the 52 cards of a standard deck are dealt to four players?

The probability that the first person gets one ace * the probability of the second...

IE how likely is it that a player gets exactly on ace in 13/52 cards? How likely for 13/(52-13)? etc..