Determine the number of 5 card combinations out of a deck of 52 cards, if there is exactly one ace in each combination.

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There are 4 Ace cards in a deck of 52 cards.

According to the given, we need to select 1 Ace card out of the 4 Ace cards

∴ The number of ways to select 1 Ace from 4 Ace cards is 4C1

⇒ More 4 cards are to be selected now from 48 cards (52 cards – 4 Ace cards)

∴ The number of ways to select 4 cards from 48 cards is 48C4

Number of 5 card combinations out of a deck of 52 cards if there is exactly one ace in each combination = 4C1 × 48C4

= 4 × [48!/(44! 4!)]

= 4 × [(48 × 47 × 46 × 45 × 44!)/ (44! × 24)]

= 4 × 2 × 47 × 46 × 45

= 778320

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