Binomial Distribution
Binomial Distribution
Binomial Distribution
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Poker Hands<br />
• how many possible hands?<br />
⎛52⎞ 52!<br />
⎜ ⎟=<br />
= 2,598,960<br />
⎝ 5 ⎠ 5!47!<br />
– roughly 4 in 10 million<br />
• one pair, with 3 different remaining cards<br />
– number of ways to have a pair<br />
– number of ways to have the remaining cards<br />
⎛4⎞ 3 ⎛12⎞ 13⎜ ⎟4⎜ ⎟<br />
2 3<br />
p(one<br />
pair) =<br />
⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠<br />
≈.42<br />
⎛52⎞ ⎜ ⎟<br />
⎝ 5 ⎠<br />
• full house (.0014)? flush? (.00198) nothing?<br />
⎛4⎞ 13⎜ ⎟<br />
⎝2⎠ ⎛12⎞ (4)(4)(4) ⎜ ⎟<br />
⎝ 3 ⎠