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There are 9 slips of paper in a hat, each with a number from 1 to 9. The numbers correspond to a group of students who must answer a question when the number of their group is drawn. Each time a number is drawn, the number is put back in the hat. What is the probability that the first five numbers drawn will be 1,2,3,4,5 in that order?

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Remark

There is only 1 way that you can get 1 2 3 4 5 in that order.

There are many possibilities of drawing 5 numbers from a total of 9 possible ones.

Total number of drawing 5 numbers.

Total = 9 * 9 * 9 * 9 * 9

Total = 59049

So putting the two facts together you get

Chance of getting (1 2 3 4 5)  = 1/59049

Answer: .000016935