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Shuffled Cards (Posted on 2003-03-22)

2 people each shuffle a deck of 52 playing cards thoroughly.

What is the probabilty of both decks being in the EXACT same order after shuffling?

See The Solution Submitted by Adam Champken

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(In reply to Solution by Rachel Mantis)

And that's about 1.2398 x 10^-68, or 1 in 8.0658 x 10^67.

Posted by Charlie on 2003-03-22 09:53:46

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