BugsBunny
07-30-2004, 12:48 AM
OK using inclusion exclusion I want to figure the chances, at a full ring, that at least one opponent has AA or KK if I hold QQ.
I figure that there should be 4 terms since at most 4 people can hold AA and KK. The first term is simple:
(9 * 6 * 2)/C(50,2) = 0.0881632653
And this is close to the correct answer. But if I want to get the eaxct answer I need the next 3 terms.
So how do I figure the number of combinations for 2 sets of pairs? I'm having a brain freeze at the moment.
The second term will be - x/C(50,4) * C(9,2) the third will be + x/C(50,6) * C(9,3) and the 4th will be - C(9,4)/C(50,8) but I'm having trouble figuring how to calculate x for the 2nd and 3rd terms.
I have 6 possible ways to make each pair and 2 sets of pairs. For 2 people it can run AA AA or KK KK or AA KK, but the AA KK combination can have multiple ways of being made. Is it just 6*6 for the 2 person setup (meaning 38 total combinations after adding on the all A or all K combinations) and 1*6*2 = 12 for the 3 person numerator or am I missing something?
If I'm right than the final formula becomes:
(9 * 6 * 2)/C(50,2) - 38/C(50,4) * C(9,2) + 12/C(50,6) * C(9,3) - C(9,4)/C(50,8) =
.0881632653 - .0059400781589 + .000063433328928 - .00000023468990618 = 0.0822863858
or ~ 8.23%
Is this correct?
I figure that there should be 4 terms since at most 4 people can hold AA and KK. The first term is simple:
(9 * 6 * 2)/C(50,2) = 0.0881632653
And this is close to the correct answer. But if I want to get the eaxct answer I need the next 3 terms.
So how do I figure the number of combinations for 2 sets of pairs? I'm having a brain freeze at the moment.
The second term will be - x/C(50,4) * C(9,2) the third will be + x/C(50,6) * C(9,3) and the 4th will be - C(9,4)/C(50,8) but I'm having trouble figuring how to calculate x for the 2nd and 3rd terms.
I have 6 possible ways to make each pair and 2 sets of pairs. For 2 people it can run AA AA or KK KK or AA KK, but the AA KK combination can have multiple ways of being made. Is it just 6*6 for the 2 person setup (meaning 38 total combinations after adding on the all A or all K combinations) and 1*6*2 = 12 for the 3 person numerator or am I missing something?
If I'm right than the final formula becomes:
(9 * 6 * 2)/C(50,2) - 38/C(50,4) * C(9,2) + 12/C(50,6) * C(9,3) - C(9,4)/C(50,8) =
.0881632653 - .0059400781589 + .000063433328928 - .00000023468990618 = 0.0822863858
or ~ 8.23%
Is this correct?