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Old 04-13-2011, 12:24 AM   #41 (permalink)
bagatelle
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Originally Posted by filtherton View Post
Do you want to feel special? Shuffle a deck of 52 playing cards 7-8 times. Then hold it in your hand. Congratulations. It is incredibly likely that you are the only person who has ever held a deck of cards with the cards in that order and you may be the last person to ever do it too. That's special. Not necessarily significant, but special nonetheless.
In how many orders can a deck of 52 cards be arranged? Is this correct:

8.0658X10(exponent 67) different possible orders

Found it in the net, I never thought there would be so many combinations.
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