There are 16 integers from 0 to 15, inclusive. There are three cases: Case 1: The sequence of five choices of integers contains no integers which are the same. 16 ways to choose the 1st integer. 15 ways to choose the 2nd integer. 14 ways to choose the 3rd integer. 13 ways to choose the 4th integer. 12 ways to choose the 5th integer. That's (16)(15)(14)(13)(12) = 16P5 = 524160 for case 1 Case 2: exactly 1 pair of the integers are alike, and the other three integers are all different, and different from the one pair of like integers. First we choose the 5 integers and then we order them as choice 1, choice 2,..., choice 5 We can choose the integer for the one like pair in 16 ways. We choose the other 3 integers in 15C3 = 455 ways That's (16)(455) = 7280 Now that we have chosen the set of integers to be chosen, we now find the number of ways in which each set can be arranged in a sequence. Each of those 7280 combinations can be arranged in the same number of ways as the number of distinguishable permutations of the word THERE, which has 2 indistinguishable E's. which isor 60 ways. So that's (7280)(60) = 436800 ways for case 2. Case 3: exactly 2 pairs of like integers, both pairs different from each other, and the 1 remaining single integer different from either of the two pairs of like integers. As in case 2, we first choose the integers and then we order them. We can choose the two integers for the two pairs in 16C2 = 120 ways. We can then choose the remaining single integer in 14 ways. That's (120)(14) = 1680 ways to choose the integers for the two pairs and the remaining integer. Now that we have chosen the set of integers to be chosen, we now find the number of ways in which each set can be arranged in a sequence. Each of those 1680 combinations of integers can be arranged in the same number of ways as the number of distinguishable permutations of the word LEVEL, which has 2 indistinguishable E's and 2 indistinguishable L's. which is or 30 ways. So that's (1680)(30) = 50400 ways for case 2. Grand total for all three cases: 524160+436800+50400 = 1011360 So 1011360 is the numerator of the desired probability. The denominator of the desired probability is the number of possible sequences of choices: 16 ways to choose the 1st integer. 16 ways to choose the 2nd integer. 16 ways to choose the 3rd integer. 16 ways to choose the 4th integer. 16 ways to choose the 5th integer. So the denominator of the desired probability is 165 or 1048576 So the desired probability is which reduces to , rounded to 4 decimal places is 0.9645 Edwin