Question:

Determine the number of 5-card combinations out of a deck of 52 cards if each selection of 5 cards has exactly one king.

Updated On: Oct 21, 2023
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From a deck of 52 cards, 5-card combinations have to be made in such a way that in each selection of 5 cards, there is exactly one king. 
In a deck of 52 cards, there are 4 kings. 
1 king can be selected out of 4 kings in 4C1 ways. 
4 cards out of the remaining 48 cards can be selected in 48C4 ways. 
Thus, the required number of 5-card combinations is \(^4C_1\times\space^{48}C_4.\)

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Concepts Used:

Permutations and Combinations

Permutation:

Permutation is the method or the act of arranging members of a set into an order or a sequence. 

  • In the process of rearranging the numbers, subsets of sets are created to determine all possible arrangement sequences of a single data point. 
  • A permutation is used in many events of daily life. It is used for a list of data where the data order matters.

Combination:

Combination is the method of forming subsets by selecting data from a larger set in a way that the selection order does not matter.

  • Combination refers to the combination of about n things taken k at a time without any repetition.
  • The combination is used for a group of data where the order of data does not matter.