Expert: Lynn Houston - 4/25/2009

Question
Please Help I Don't Understand.
How many cards must be drawn from a standard 52-card deck to be certain
that at least two cards from each of the four suits will be selected?

I think the answer is 41 cards, but I have no Idea how to get there. There are
13 cards in one suit thats all I know. Could you please explain how do solve
this question?

Answer
IF, you somehow managed to pick all the hearts, then all the spades and then all the clubs in order, you'd have 39 cards, but you would still only be guaranteed to have 2 of each of those suits. To have 2 diamonds as well, you'd have to draw two more cards.  39+2=41.  Make sense?