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If you are dealt 4 cards from a shuffled deck of 52​ cards, find the probability that all 4 cards are queens.

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Final answer:

To find the probability of getting all 4 cards that are queens, we calculate the number of favorable outcomes and the total number of possible outcomes. The probability is the number of favorable outcomes divided by the total number of possible outcomes.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the probability of getting all 4 cards that are queens, we need to calculate the number of favorable outcomes (4 queens) and the total number of possible outcomes when 4 cards are dealt from a shuffled deck of 52 cards.

The total number of possible outcomes can be calculated using combinations. We can use the formula C(n, r) = n! / (r!(n-r)!), where n is the total number of items (52 cards) and r is the number of items to be selected (4 cards). So, C(52,4) = 52! / (4!(52-4)!) = 270,725.

The number of favorable outcomes is 4 since we want all 4 cards to be queens.

Therefore, the probability is the number of favorable outcomes divided by the total number of possible outcomes: P(all 4 cards are queens) = 4/270,725 = 0.00001475 (rounded to 5 decimal places) or approximately 0.0015%.

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