Grinstead-Snell-Probability · Problem 5.1.19

Distributions and Densities

Mathematics · poisson-distribution

Problem

The probability that, in a bridge deal, one of the four hands has all hearts is approximately 6.3×10−126.3 \times 10^{-12}. In a city with about 50,000 bridge players the resident probability expert is called on the average once a year (usually late at night) and told that the caller has just been dealt a hand of all hearts. Should she suspect that some of these callers are the victims of practical jokes?

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