STA-201 Written Assignment 6 (2014)

STA-201 January 2014

Written Assignment 6

Case Study: Texas Hold’em (p.209): Answer a,b,c,d,e,f,g. You must calculate results by hand (though you may use any technology of your choice to verify your answers).

a.) The probability that you are dealt pocket aces is 1/221, or 0.00452 to three significant digits. If you studied either section 4.5 and 4.6 or section 4.8, verify that probability.

b.) Using the result from part (a), obtain the probability that you are dealt “pocket kings”.

c.) Using the result from part (a) and your analysis in part (b), find the probability that you are dealt a “pocket pair”, that is, two cards of the same denomination.

d.) contains at least 1 card of your denomination (Hint: Complementation rule.)

e.) gives you “trips” that is , contains exactly 1 card of you denomination and 2 other unpaired cards.

f.) gives you “quads” that is, contains 2 cards of you denomination.

g.) gives you a “boat” that is, contains 1 card of you denomination and 2 cards of another denomination.