Drawing three cards with replacement means that cards will not be subtracted from the total amount of possibilities as they are being replaced with a new card each draw. Therefore, to get the total amount of possibilities when drawing three cards from a deck with replacement you multiply the total amount of possibilities of each deck without subtracting from the amount three times. There are 52 total possibilities in a deck of cards, Therefore = 52 X 52 X 52 = There are 140,608 total possibilities in a sample space when drawing three cards from a deck of 52 without replacement three times. An example of an element of three cards without replacement = ( 4 Of Clubs, Ace of Spades, Ace of Spades) - There is one Ace of Spades in a full deck of cards, since the card is replaced after being drawn then it can be used twice or more)