Aces in a five-card hand

Five cards are dealt from a standard 52-card deck. What is the expected number of aces in the hand? (to 3 decimals)

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  1. Indicator per card drawn.
  2. Each of 5 cards is an ace with probability 4/52.

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0.385 (± 0.005)

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