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Old 08-17-2002, 07:21 AM
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Well, if I've absorbed the lesson of the inclusion-exclusion principle, the probability of a match is:


52*51!/52! - C(52,2)*50!/52! + C(52,3)*49!/52! - C(52,4)*48!/52! +...


= 63%.


So yes you should take 3-2 odds since you are better than a 2-1 favorite. I like this principle.
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