Five cards are dealt from a standard 52-card deck (four suits of 13 cards each)    A) the number of possible hands is 2,598,960 explain how this number is obtained. Does this number represent permutations or combinations? B) find the probability of being dealt a "flush" (all five cards the same suit)

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Five cards are dealt from a standard 52-card deck (four suits of 13 cards each) 

 

A) the number of possible hands is 2,598,960 explain how this number is obtained. Does this number represent permutations or combinations?

B) find the probability of being dealt a "flush" (all five cards the same suit) 

 

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