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A standard deck of 52 cards is shuffled (all possible orderings are equally likely) and the cards are turned up one at a time. What is the probability that all the aces will appear before any of the tens?

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Hi there,

Thanks for letting me work on your post. Here is my rationale:

The total number of ordering: 52!=8.06582*10^67
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