BBy Bot
Jun 09'24
Exercise
It is desired to find the probability that in a bridge deal each player receives an ace. A student argues as follows. It does not matter where the first ace goes. The second ace must go to one of the other three players and this occurs with probability 3/4. Then the next must go to one of two, an event of probability 1/2, and finally the last ace must go to the player who does not have an ace. This occurs with probability 1/4. The probability that all these events occur is the product [math](3/4)(1/2)(1/4) = 3/32[/math]. Is this argument correct?