When ten basketball players are about to have a free-throw competition, they often draw names out of a hat to randomly select the order in which they shoot. what is the probability that they shoot free throws in alphabetical order? assume each player has a different name?

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Marguerite

5 July, 20:03

When ten basketball players are about to have a free-throw competition, they often draw names out of a hat to randomly select the order in which they shoot. what is the probability that they shoot free throws in alphabetical order? assume each player has a different name?

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Delilah Stanley · Answer 1

10*9*8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1=7,862,400

a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, I, j

a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, j, i

a, b, c, d, e, f, g, I, j, h

a, b, c, d, e, f, g, I, h, j

and so on ...

odds are 1/7,862,400