Answer:
(1) 60
(2) 487635
Step-by-step explanation:
(1) Distinguishable shuffles means that all the cards must be different from each other. We have 9 different cards types having 4 cards each and 1 card having 24 copies of it. So, in a distinguishable shuffle, we can get 1 card each from the 9 different cards (C1 - C9) and another card from the set of 24 identical cards. So we will have a total of 10 cards.
The possible ways of getting these cards are:
9 x (⁴C₁) + ²⁴C₁
(9 x 4) + 24 = 60
There are 60 distinguishable shuffles.
(2) Here we are simply asked to calculate the number of 4-card combinations that can be drawn from the deck of 60 cards. It is not mentioned that the cards must be distinguishable so,
Possible hands of four cards = ⁶⁰C₄ = 487635