What is the probability of a red flush in drawing 5 cards from a standard 52-card deck?
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To draw a red flush we must draw either: (i) any 5 cards from the suit of hearts, or (ii) any 5 cards from the suit of diamonds. As each suit is composed of 1 3 cards, we have ( 5 1 3 ) combinations of cards from each of options (i) and (ii) that will yield a red flush.
As there are ( 5 5 2 ) possible 5-card draws without restrictions, the desired probability is
( 5 5 2 ) 2 ∗ ( 5 1 3 ) = 4 7 ! ∗ 5 ! 5 2 ! 8 ! ∗ 5 ! 2 ∗ 1 3 ! = 5 2 ∗ 5 1 ∗ 5 0 ∗ 4 9 ∗ 4 8 2 ∗ 1 3 ∗ 1 2 ∗ 1 1 ∗ 1 0 ∗ 9 =
5 2 2 6 ∗ 4 8 1 2 ∗ 5 0 1 0 ∗ 5 1 9 ∗ 4 9 1 1 = 2 ∗ 4 ∗ 5 ∗ 1 7 ∗ 4 9 3 ∗ 1 1 = 3 3 3 2 0 3 3 .