Three cards are drawn in succession and without replacement from a deck 52 cards. Find in how many ways we can obtain the king of hearts, ace of diamonds, and the ace of spades in the order.

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anonymous · Answer

Let's say that you just had those 3 cards. How many ways could they be arranged?

anonymous · Answer

no it does not matter if they arranged or not!

anonymous · Answer

Are the cards drawn from the top of the deck?

anonymous · Answer

yes

anonymous · Answer

Then there must be only one way to obtain them.

anonymous · Answer

how?

anonymous · Answer

If they can only be obtained in that order, and only from the top 3 cards of the deck, that means there can only be one way to get them.

anonymous · Answer

ummm. i dont play cards so can you tell me how many king of hearts, ace of diamonds, and ace of spades in a deck?

anonymous · Answer

There are one of each.