A standard deck of 52 cards contains four suits: hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades. Each suit has 13 cards: ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, jack, queen, king. Three cards are randomly drawn without replacement. Calculate the probability of drawing three heart cards.

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6 months ago
To calculate the probability of drawing three heart cards, we first need to determine the total number of ways to draw 3 cards out of the 13 heart cards, which is given by the combination formula:

C(13, 3) = 13! / (3!(13-3)!) = 286

Next, we need to determine the total number of ways to draw 3 cards out of the 52 cards in the deck:

C(52, 3) = 52! / (3!(52-3)!) = 22,100

Therefore, the probability of drawing three heart cards is:

286 / 22,100 ≈ 0.01294 or approximately 1.29%