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in a game of poker, what is the probability that a five-card hand will contain (a) a straight (five cards in unbroken numerical sequence)

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The probability that a five-card hand will contain a straight = 5/1274

There are 52 cards in a deck from which each 13 cards are from 4 different suits (clubs, diamonds, spades and hearts) in a game of poker.

Each 13 cards from high to low are Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King. So a straight of five cards, i.e., five cards in unbroken numerical sequence would be got only from 10 cards in a sequence.

So the possible ways to get a single straight five from all four suits = [tex]4^5[/tex]

Now as we doesn't need all 5 cards from a single suit, we can ignore 4 ways from the above number. i.e.,  [tex]4^5-4 = 1020[/tex] ways.

Hence the possible ways to get a straight five from 10 cards from all four suits = 10 x 1020 = 10200 ways

Total number of ways to select 5 cards from 52 cards = 52C5

Thus,

The probability that a five-card hand will contain a straight = 10200 / 52C5

                                                                                                  = 5/1274                        Learn more about probability at https://brainly.com/question/5858025

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