Probability of a Gin Hand with Cards from Two Suits

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The discussion focuses on calculating the probability of drawing a gin hand consisting of 10 cards from two suits out of a total of 48 cards, with 4 Ace cards removed. The initial approach used the formula Probability = (24 choose 10) * (4 choose 2) / (48 choose 10). However, the correct formula includes an additional term: (4 choose 2) * [(24 choose 10) - (2 choose 1) * (12 choose 10)] / (48 choose 10). This extra term accounts for the scenario where all 10 cards could potentially come from a single suit, thus ensuring the selection is from two suits only.

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Homework Statement


A gin hand consists of 10 cards from a deck of 48 cards (4 Ace Cards are missing).

Find the probability that a gin hand has all 10 cards from two suits.


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So my thinking would be since we have 12 cards per suit and we are picking from two out of four possible suits, so Probability = ( 24 pick 10 ) * (4 pick 2) / (48 pick 10 )

In the actual answer there is another factor that I'm missing: (4 pick 2) [ (24 pick 10) - (2 pick 1)*(12 pick 10) ] / ( 48 pick 10)

Does anyone know where this extra term comes from? (2 pick 1)*(12 pick 10)
 
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If you write (24 pick 10), then you haven't eliminated the possibility that those 10 cards come from the same suit. I think that they want you to find the probability such that the 10 cards come from two suits (and not all from 1 suit), at least that's how I interpreted the question...
 

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