Playing With History
March 2018
What is the probability of getting a chorus (four of a kind)?
We know that in a regular deck of cards there is a total of 52 cards, however, for this game only 40 cards were used. If we reconsider the question and apply it to 40 cards we might initially think that the probability of getting four of a kind might be 1/40. However, this answer is incorrect due to only applying if we draw four card from the deck. We need to consider that there are other players and each has their own turn to draw out a card. When our group was able to put this into consideration we were able to see that this was more difficult than thought. |