There Are 2,598,960 Possible 5-Card Hands That Can Be Dealt

question 10

Multiple Choice

There are 2,598,960 possible 5-card hands that can be dealt from an ordinary 52-card deck. Of these, 5148 have all five cards of the same suit. (In poker such hands are called flushes.) The probability of being dealt such a hand (assuming randomness) is closest to

• A) 1/4.
• B) 1/100.
• C) 1/500.
• D) 1/1000.
• E) 1/5148.