Probability to get 4 cards of different suits one king, one ace, one queen and one jack from a well

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17 Nov 2012 probability

Probability to get 4 cards of different suits one king, one ace, one queen and one jack from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards will be

OPtion

1) 256/270725
2) 1/4
3) 1/256
4) 1/172424
5) 1/[13*13*13*13]
6) 1/[52*51*50*49]
7) 1/24
8) 1/[52^4]
9) 1
10) none of these

Solution

for first card probability = 16/52
for second = 12/51
for third = 8/50
for fourth = 4/49
so answer = [16/52][12/51][8/50][4/49] = 256/270725

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