2008 iTest Problems/Problem 36

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Let $c$ be the probability that the cards are neither from the same suit or the same rank. Compute $\lfloor 1000c\rfloor$ .

Solution

Note that one can not get two cards with the same suit or the same rank, so the two events are independent. The probability of getting two cards with the same rank is $\tfrac{13 \cdot 4 \cdot 3}{52 \cdot 51} = \tfrac{3}{51}$ , and the probability of getting two cards with the same suit is $\tfrac{4 \cdot 13 \cdot 12}{52 \cdot 51} = \tfrac{12}{51}$ . Thus, the probability of getting two cards with same suit or same rank is $\tfrac{3}{51} + \tfrac{12}{51} = \tfrac{15}{51}$ , so the probability of getting two cards that do not have the same suit or rank is $1 - \tfrac{15}{51} = \tfrac{36}{51}$ . That means $\lfloor 1000c \rfloor = \boxed{717}$ .

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