SOLUTION: Imagine that you have five books by five different authors, and you place them randomly on a shelf. What is the probability that they end up in alphabetical order (by author)?
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Question 958983: Imagine that you have five books by five different authors, and you place them randomly on a shelf. What is the probability that they end up in alphabetical order (by author)?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20067) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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1/5! = 1/120
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