In the game of blackjack, a 2-card hand consisting of an ace and either a face card or a 10 is called a "blackjack." If a standard 52-card deck is used, determine how many blackjack hands can be dealt. (A "face card" is a jack, queen, or king.)

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Bud

26 April, 00:30

In the game of blackjack, a 2-card hand consisting of an ace and either a face card or a 10 is called a "blackjack." If a standard 52-card deck is used, determine how many blackjack hands can be dealt. (A "face card" is a jack, queen, or king.)

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Ronin Oneal · Answer 1

Wouldn't be four because theres only four aces

or it could be 16 due to the fact that theres four of each 4 kings and queens and jacks and '10's'

but I'm gonna say that its would be four not sure if thats the answer but thats what i think

Gracie Tran · Answer 2

Since two cards are being chosen 1 is an Ace the other has to be a face or 10. So there are 4 ace cards that's can be drawn and 16 face or 10 cards that can be draw. Then there are 4*16=64 blackjack hands that can be dealt