Example 19
What is the number of ways of choosing 4 cards from a pack of 52 playing cards? In how many of these
four cards are of the same suit,
There are four suits
i.e. Diamond, Spade, Heart, Club
& 13 cards of each suit
Since, they are different cases,
So, we add the number of ways
Thus,
Required number of ways choosing four cards of same suit
= 13C4 + 13C4 + 13C4 + 13C4
= 4 × 13C4
= 4 × 13!/(4!(13 − 4))
= 4 × 13!/(4! 9!)
= 4 × (13 × 12 × 11 × 10 × 9!)/(4! × 3 × 2 × 1 × 9!)
= 4 × (13 × 12 × 11 × 10)/(4 × 3 × 2 × 1)
= 2860 ways
Example 19
What is the number of ways of choosing 4 cards from a pack of 52 playing cards? In how many of these
(ii) four cards belong to four different suits,
Since, they are the same case,
So, we multiply the number of ways
Hence,
Required number of ways choosing four cards from each suit
= 13C1 × 13C1 × 13C1 × 13C1
= (13C1)4
= (13!/1!(13 − 1)!)^4
= (13!/1!12!)^4
= ((13 × 12!)/12!)^4
= (13)4
= 13 × 13 × 13 × 13
= 28561 ways
Example 19
What is the number of ways of choosing 4 cards from a pack of 52 playing cards? In how many of these
(iii) are face cards,
King Queen and Jack are face cards
Number of face cards in One suit = 3
Total number of face cards
= Number of face cards in 4 suits
= 4 × 3
= 12
Hence, n = 12
Number of card to be selected = 4
So, r = 4
Required no of ways choosing face cards = 12C4
= 12!/4!(12 − 4)!
= 12!/(4! 8!)
= (12 × 11 × 10 × 9 × 8!)/(4 × 3 × 2 × 1 × 8!)
= (12 × 11 × 10 × 9 )/(4 × 3 × 2 × 1 )
= 495 ways
Example 19
What is the number of ways of choosing 4 cards from a pack of 52 playing cards? In how many of these
(iv) two are red cards and two are black cards,
Since, they are the same case,
So, we multiply the number of ways
Total number of ways choosing 2 red & 2 black cards
= 26C2 × 26C2
= (26C2)2
= (26!/(2! (26 − 2)!))^2
= (26!/(2! 24!))^2
= ((26 × 25 × 24!)/(2 × 1 × 24!))^2
= ((26 × 25)/(2 × 1))^2
= (13 × 25)2
= (325)2
= 105625
Example 19
What is the number of ways of choosing 4 cards from a pack of 52 playing cards? In how many of these
(v) cards are of the same color?
Since, choosing red OR black ,
they are different cases,
So, we add the number of ways
= 2 × 26!/4!(26 − 4)!
= 2 × 26!/(4! 22!)
= 2 × (26 × 25 × 24 × 23 × 22!)/(4 × 3 × 2 × 1 × 22!)
= 2 × (26 × 25 × 24 × 23)/(4 × 3 × 2 × 1)
= 29900
Made by
Davneet Singh
Davneet Singh has done his B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He has been teaching from the past 14 years. He provides courses for Maths, Science and Computer Science at Teachoo
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