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Old 09-27-2007, 12:03 AM
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Likewise , the approximate probability that exactly one of the players has AA or KK is 6*12/52c2*(50c2-7)/50c2*(48c2-7)/48c2*(46c2-7)/46c2*(44c2-7)/44c2*(42c2-7)/42c2 ~ 5.2466%

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This is not exact, and while close in this case, this kind of approximation will not perform well in more complicated problems, and the independence approximation will perform much better. The -7 implies that there are 7 remaining AA or KK, but this is only true if no one else has a single A or K.
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