What is the Probability Each Player Receives One Black Card in a Card Game?

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In summary, the problem is asking about the probability of each player receiving exactly one black card when four cards are dealt to four people from a deck of 16 with 4 black cards and 12 red cards. There is a solution in the "Intro to Probability" book by Bertsekas and Tsitsiklis, but the explanation may be difficult to understand.
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Homework Statement


A well shuffled deck has 4 black cards and 12 red cards (16 total). The cards are
dealt out to 4 players (each gets 4 cards). What is the probability that each player will have 1 black card?

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Asking how to set this up and solve this.

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There's a solution in the Bertsekas/Tsitsiklis "Intro to Probability" book for a similar problem, but I don't understand the explanation.
 
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In how many ways can you deal four cards to four people from a deck of 16?

In how many ways can you deal four cards to four people from a deck of 16 such that each receives exactly one black card?
 

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What does "One black card in each hand" mean?

"One black card in each hand" refers to a scenario where a person is holding a black card in each of their hands.

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This phrase is commonly used as a metaphor for having equal or balanced amounts of something.

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