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Suppose you want to draw three cards from a standard deck of cards (4 suits: spades (black), clubs (black), heart (red), and diamond (red). Each suite has 13 cards: Ace, 2, 3, · · · , 10, Jack (face), Queen (face), King (face)).
(a) In how many different ways can they all be the same suit?
(b) In how many different ways can they all be face cards?
(c) In how many different ways can you have exactly 2 cards of the same suit?
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