Sample question

Three cards are drawn, at random and without replacement, from a pack of 52 playing cards

Three cards are drawn, at random and without replacement, from a pack of 52 playing cards. Find the probability that (i) the three cards drawn are the Jack of clubs, the Queen of clubs and the King of clubs (ii) the three cards are aces (iii) two cards are black and one card is a diamond (iv) the three cards are of the same colour.

from higher-level Leaving Cert maths, paper 2

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