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A straight is a five card hand containing consecutive values. If m is equal to the number of ways in which all the five cards, in a straight, are not from the same suit, then the value of m1500 is equal to (Consider the value of J as 11, Q as 12, K as 13 and Ace as 14)
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The correct answer is: 6.12
Five consecutive cards can be chosen out of 13 cards in 9 ways. 2,3,4,5,6,3,4,5,6,7,......10,J,Q,K,A. The first card can be chosen in 4 ways (spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs). The second and the subsequent cards, too, can be chosen in 4 ways.
Thus, there are 45 ways to choose the five cards.
The number of ways in which all the five cards are not from the same suit is 45-4=1020.
So, the number of straights in this case is m=9×1020m1500=9×10201500=6.12

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