Question

Five-card stud is a poker game, in which a player is dealt $5$ cards from an ordinary deck of $52$ playing cards. How many distinct poker hands could be dealt?

• A. ${}^{52}{C}_5$
• B. $52!$
• C. $13{!}^4$
• D. none of these

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

${}^{52}{C}_5$

Total number of cards in ordinary deck$=52$

Players need $5$ cards to play Five card Stud

Number of distinct poker cards could be delt ${=}^{52}{C}_5$

Hence the correct answer is ${}^{52}{C}_5$