Assuming a standard 52-card deck, what's the probability of dealing three eights in a row when the c

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    Assuming a standard 52-card deck, what's the probability of dealing three eights in a row when the cards are returned and the deck is shuffled between each draw?

    There are four (8's) in a standard 52 card deck. The probability of drawing an 8 is:
    4/52

    Using our fraction simplifier, we get:
    1/13

    Now, with each draw, we replace the deck. So each draw of an 8 has a 1/13 probability. And since each of the three draws is independent, we multiply each probability:
    1/13 * 1/13 * 1/13 = 1/2197 or 0.00045516613
     

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