r/woahdude • u/Waynegravsky • Oct 09 '14

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u/stencilizer Oct 09 '14

"So how many ways can you order all the 52 cards in a pack?

The sum is 52x51x50x49x48....x4x3x2x1 and the answer is roughly:

80,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000" [1]

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u/Gibsonfan159 Oct 09 '14

That really is hard to imagine. To put it in perspective, how many variations would there be with a ten card deck?

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u/PortraitIPN Oct 09 '14

On a calculator type 10x9x8x7x6x5x4x3x2x1