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Eight cards are chosen at random from an ordinary deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that exactly one suit is represented among these 8 cards? Exactly 2 suits?

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In about 170 words, this solution clearly demonstrates through both calculations and explanations, how to compute the card probability related to suit uniformity, which is being asked of in this question.

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Question: Eight cards are chosen at random from an ordinary deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that exactly one suit is represented among these 8 cards? Exactly 2 suits?

Solution:
First, there are C(52, 8) = 52! /(8! * 44!) = 752538150 ways to get 8 ...

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