by bethfyles12 on September 27th, 2007

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What is the probability of 5 different books being in alphabetical order by title on a shelf if they were randomly placed on the shelf?

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  • by Johnny Cache on September 27th, 2007

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    Assuming no two books are identical, there is only one way to place them on alphabetical order out of 5x4x3x2x1, or 120 possible ways.

    So, 1 in 120, or 0.833%.

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