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Homework Statement
What is the probability of drawing a full house from a standard deck (52).
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
These are the two answers I came up with:
(52/52) * (3/51) * (2/50)* (48/49) * (3/48) * 5C3 * 5C2 = 0.0144~
or
(52/52) * (3/51) * (2/50)* (48/49) * (3/48) * 5C3 = 0.00144~
The second answer is the correct one.
I know you multiply by 5 choose 3 because there are three matching cards that you need to select out of five spots.
But what about the pair? Do I need to multiply by 5 choose 2?
The simulation on Wolframalpha comes up with a probability that is close to my second answer.(The correct one).