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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?

Submitted by Adam Champken

Rating: 2.2727 (11 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

VERY low.
The answer is 1 in 52!, which works out at approximately 1 in 8.06 x 10^67

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Solution	K Sengupta	2007-08-20 13:00:27
Shuffle off to Buffalo	Dan	2003-09-20 07:17:41
Solution(again)	not_so_einstein	2003-03-22 23:12:26
Solution (again)	not_so_einstein	2003-03-22 23:08:22
re: solution	TomM	2003-03-22 14:31:07
solution	Gamer	2003-03-22 12:22:38
solution	Rajat	2003-03-22 12:01:49
re: Solution	Charlie	2003-03-22 09:53:46
Solution	Rachel Mantis	2003-03-22 08:04:31
premutations	Alan	2003-03-22 05:03:11
No Subject	Gamer	2003-03-22 03:56:35

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