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Probability of Cards in a Deck

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Please help with the following probability questions.

The condition for the question is that the deck of cards has 52 cards and among them are 12 face cards.
1. a) What is the probability of choosing 6 face cards out of 8 chosen (through binomial distribution holds, meaning with replacement)?
b) What is the probability of choosing all 8 faces thru binomial distribution does not hold (without replacement)?
2. a) What is the probability of choosing 5 or more faces out of 8 chosen cards?
b) Is it a usual or unusual value?

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This posting helps with probability problems. The probability of cards in a deck are examined and the probability of choosing a specific number of faces through binomial distribution is examined.

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Because a deck of 52 cards has 12 face cards, then the probability to get a face card is and the probability to get a non-face card is .
Problem #1
(a) What is the probability of choosing 6 face cards out of 8 chosen (through binomial distribution holds, meaning with ...

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