3 cards are drawn from a standard deck. what are the possibilities of getting 3 kings?

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anonymous · Answer

You mean what is the probability?
4/52 x 3/51 x 2/50 = 1 / 5525 or 0.000181

anonymous · Answer

12 / 52
all cards = 52 
and kings = 12
so, 12/52

anonymous · Answer

Not right, @rukhsar .
Pr(1st card is a king) * Pr(2nd card is a king) * Pr(3rd card is a king)
After the first card is drawn, there are 51 cards left, 3 of which are kings.
After the second card is drawn, there are 50 cards left, 2 of which are kings.

anonymous · Answer

yes. thanks BangkokGarrett

anonymous · Answer

no problem

anonymous · Answer

@BangkokGarrett but its about 3 cards,, so 3x4 = 12
am i right??

anonymous · Answer

There are 3 events happening that you have to calculate the probabilities of separately.
Pr(all 3 are kings) = Pr(1st card is King) * Pr(2nd card is a king) * Pr(3rd card is a king)
                                     4/52              *              3/51            *          2/50

anonymous · Answer

There aren't 12 cards in the deck that are kings. There are only 4 kings in the deck.

anonymous · Answer

12/52 would be the probability of drawing one card and getting a Jack or a Queen or a King

anonymous · Answer

okayyy... thanks!