SOLUTION: Five friends go to a drive-in hamburger restaurant for slushies. The restaurant offers eight different kinds of slushies. If the friends choose randomly, what are the chances that

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Question 1077882: Five friends go to a drive-in hamburger restaurant for slushies. The restaurant offers eight different kinds of slushies. If the friends choose randomly, what are the chances that they all picked different flavor slushies?
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Probability under the question is equal to %288%2A7%2A6%2A5%2A4%29%2F8%5E5 = 0.205.

The total space of events consists of 8%5E5 elements.

The number of fortunate/favorable events is 8*7*6*5*4.