From a standard deck of 52 cards, the four Aces, four $2$'s, and four $3$'s are drawn, forming a smaller deck of $12$ cards. All $12$ cards are dealt at random to four players, so that each player gets three cards. What is the probability that each player's hand consists of an Ace, a $2$, and a $3$

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Kathryn Dickerson

Mathematics

13 November, 23:20

From a standard deck of 52 cards, the four Aces, four $2$'s, and four $3$'s are drawn, forming a smaller deck of $12$ cards. All $12$ cards are dealt at random to four players, so that each player gets three cards. What is the probability that each player's hand consists of an Ace, a $2$, and a $3$

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Jazlene Mcclure · Answer 1

the probablity of each player getting a ace is 1/3 it would be the same as if your asking about 2's it wuld be 1/3 considering the fact that there are 12 cards 4 are aces 4 are 2s and 4 are 3s and theres 4 players so 12 divided by 4 is 3 so therfore the answer is 1/3