Looks interesting. Clarification requested below:
On Wed, 12 May 2004, Peter Flom wrote:
> A friend posed these three problems, which apparently relate to some
> Chinese card game, ...
Oh, I don't know; (b) might be of interest in bridge, and (c) in poker.
Re (c): does "in straight order" mean "ascending", or "descending", or
"either ascending or descending"? (I'm assuming that the sequence
{2,3,4,5,6} satisfies (c), for ascending order, but that the sequence
{5,2,4,6,3} would not, for either order.)
> ... but they are beyond what I remember of combinatorics.
>
> If you deal 13 cards from a regular deck, what are the odds of getting
>
> a) 6 pairs
> b) 5 cards of one suit, 5 of another, 3 of a third, and none of a
> fourth?
> c) Two series of 5 cards in straight order, and one series of 3 cards
> in straight order?
>
> Thanks in advance.....
>
> Peter
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