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Homework Statement
A deck of 32 Skat cards of the four colors clubs, spades, hearts, diamonds in each case ace,
king, queen, jack, ten, nine, eight, seven is randomly distributed among three players A, B, C,
each player receiving 10 cards and the remaining to cards go to the so-called Skat. Player A
received exactly 2 jacks. How large is the probability p that player B or C holds the other two
jacks in his hand?
Note: Regard most simply the relationship of the favorable (= B has exactly two jacks) to the possible
hands for players B.
The Attempt at a Solution
Two jacks can be distributed between Skat, B and C in six different ways, but only two are favorable (B hold two jacks or C holds two jacks).
Then the probability of B or C holding other two jacks is:
P=2/6=1/3