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In response to "And here's the math behind my answer" by Strongbad

Hmmm... small correction

Posted by Roger More (aka RogerMore) May 23 '12, 14:50

Odds of 3 spades by that system is (13/52)*(12/51)*(11/50)*(40/49)*(39/48)

And when I do this sum, I get 3.9%

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Hang on, never mind, I multiplied by the wrong cell in Excel. (I'm still not smart enough to do the permutations either) -- nm - Roger More May 23, 14:52
(I'm not smart enough to figure how to do it with the permutations though) -- nm - Roger More May 23, 14:51 2
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  - Because 4th grade and fractions are a long time ago, and I forgot about how to work with denominators. -- nm - Roger More May 23, 15:07

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