In a hand of bridge what is the probability that you have 5 spades and your partner has remaining 8.












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    All you need to know is that there are $52$ cards, $13$ of which are spades; you have $13$ of the cards and your partner has another $13$.
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I am a complete noob in playing cards. Please help me out in this problem and also explain me the concept behind the bridge card game.










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    All you need to know is that there are $52$ cards, $13$ of which are spades; you have $13$ of the cards and your partner has another $13$.
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    – Misha Lavrov
    Jan 25 at 16:47










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    Thanks. It helped me to write the answer.
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    – Abhishek Ghosh
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I am a complete noob in playing cards. Please help me out in this problem and also explain me the concept behind the bridge card game.










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I am a complete noob in playing cards. Please help me out in this problem and also explain me the concept behind the bridge card game.







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    $begingroup$
    All you need to know is that there are $52$ cards, $13$ of which are spades; you have $13$ of the cards and your partner has another $13$.
    $endgroup$
    – Misha Lavrov
    Jan 25 at 16:47










  • $begingroup$
    Thanks. It helped me to write the answer.
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    – Abhishek Ghosh
    Jan 25 at 16:56














  • 2




    $begingroup$
    All you need to know is that there are $52$ cards, $13$ of which are spades; you have $13$ of the cards and your partner has another $13$.
    $endgroup$
    – Misha Lavrov
    Jan 25 at 16:47










  • $begingroup$
    Thanks. It helped me to write the answer.
    $endgroup$
    – Abhishek Ghosh
    Jan 25 at 16:56








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$begingroup$
All you need to know is that there are $52$ cards, $13$ of which are spades; you have $13$ of the cards and your partner has another $13$.
$endgroup$
– Misha Lavrov
Jan 25 at 16:47




$begingroup$
All you need to know is that there are $52$ cards, $13$ of which are spades; you have $13$ of the cards and your partner has another $13$.
$endgroup$
– Misha Lavrov
Jan 25 at 16:47












$begingroup$
Thanks. It helped me to write the answer.
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– Abhishek Ghosh
Jan 25 at 16:56




$begingroup$
Thanks. It helped me to write the answer.
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So you should be having $13$ cards out of which $5$ are spades and your partner also has $13$ cards out of which $8$ are spades.



So total number of favourable outcomes $m=binom{13}{5}timesbinom{39}{8}timesbinom{31}{5}$



The total number of possible outcomes $n=binom{52}{13}timesbinom{39}{13}$



Required probability $=frac{m}{n}approx2.608399419times10^{-6}$






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    This is correct, however for completeness and transparency it helps to explain how each result is formed. (e.g. pick the spades used for your hand, pick remaining cards for your hand, pick non-spades for partner's hand).
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    Jan 25 at 17:18











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So you should be having $13$ cards out of which $5$ are spades and your partner also has $13$ cards out of which $8$ are spades.



So total number of favourable outcomes $m=binom{13}{5}timesbinom{39}{8}timesbinom{31}{5}$



The total number of possible outcomes $n=binom{52}{13}timesbinom{39}{13}$



Required probability $=frac{m}{n}approx2.608399419times10^{-6}$






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    $begingroup$
    This is correct, however for completeness and transparency it helps to explain how each result is formed. (e.g. pick the spades used for your hand, pick remaining cards for your hand, pick non-spades for partner's hand).
    $endgroup$
    – JMoravitz
    Jan 25 at 17:18
















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$begingroup$

So you should be having $13$ cards out of which $5$ are spades and your partner also has $13$ cards out of which $8$ are spades.



So total number of favourable outcomes $m=binom{13}{5}timesbinom{39}{8}timesbinom{31}{5}$



The total number of possible outcomes $n=binom{52}{13}timesbinom{39}{13}$



Required probability $=frac{m}{n}approx2.608399419times10^{-6}$






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  • 1




    $begingroup$
    This is correct, however for completeness and transparency it helps to explain how each result is formed. (e.g. pick the spades used for your hand, pick remaining cards for your hand, pick non-spades for partner's hand).
    $endgroup$
    – JMoravitz
    Jan 25 at 17:18














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$begingroup$

So you should be having $13$ cards out of which $5$ are spades and your partner also has $13$ cards out of which $8$ are spades.



So total number of favourable outcomes $m=binom{13}{5}timesbinom{39}{8}timesbinom{31}{5}$



The total number of possible outcomes $n=binom{52}{13}timesbinom{39}{13}$



Required probability $=frac{m}{n}approx2.608399419times10^{-6}$






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So you should be having $13$ cards out of which $5$ are spades and your partner also has $13$ cards out of which $8$ are spades.



So total number of favourable outcomes $m=binom{13}{5}timesbinom{39}{8}timesbinom{31}{5}$



The total number of possible outcomes $n=binom{52}{13}timesbinom{39}{13}$



Required probability $=frac{m}{n}approx2.608399419times10^{-6}$







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answered Jan 25 at 16:55









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  • 1




    $begingroup$
    This is correct, however for completeness and transparency it helps to explain how each result is formed. (e.g. pick the spades used for your hand, pick remaining cards for your hand, pick non-spades for partner's hand).
    $endgroup$
    – JMoravitz
    Jan 25 at 17:18














  • 1




    $begingroup$
    This is correct, however for completeness and transparency it helps to explain how each result is formed. (e.g. pick the spades used for your hand, pick remaining cards for your hand, pick non-spades for partner's hand).
    $endgroup$
    – JMoravitz
    Jan 25 at 17:18








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$begingroup$
This is correct, however for completeness and transparency it helps to explain how each result is formed. (e.g. pick the spades used for your hand, pick remaining cards for your hand, pick non-spades for partner's hand).
$endgroup$
– JMoravitz
Jan 25 at 17:18




$begingroup$
This is correct, however for completeness and transparency it helps to explain how each result is formed. (e.g. pick the spades used for your hand, pick remaining cards for your hand, pick non-spades for partner's hand).
$endgroup$
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Jan 25 at 17:18


















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