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From a deck of 52 cards, a 5 card hand is dealt.How many distinct hands can be formed if there are atleast 2 queens?

Correct Answer: 108336

Explanation:

The total possible cases would be a 5 card hand with no restrictions : 52 C 5 5


 


The unwanted cases are:


 


no queens(out of 48 non-queens cards we get 5)  48 C 5


 


only 1 queen(out of 4 queens we get 1,and out of 48 non-queens we get 4)  4 C 1 * 48 C 4


 


Therefore, 52 C 5 - ( 48 C 5 + 4 C 1 * 48 C 4 )   =   108336


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