SOLUTION: You own 23 CDs. You want to randomly arrange 10 of them in a CD rack. What is the probability that the rack ends up in alphabetical order? The probability that the CDs are in a

Question 546123: You own 23 CDs. You want to randomly arrange 10 of them in a CD rack. What is the probability that the rack ends up in alphabetical order?
The probability that the CDs are in alphabetical order is
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You own 23 CDs. You want to randomly arrange 10 of them in a CD rack. What is the probability that the rack ends up in alphabetical order?
The probability that the CDs are in alphabetical order is
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# of ways to succeed: 1
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# of random arrangements: 23P10 = 4.1516x10^12
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P(alphabetical) = 1/(4.1516x10^12)
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Cheers,
stan H.
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