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When five 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 P(shoot free throws in alphabetical order) (Type an integer or a simplified fraction)

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If we multiply there will be total of
5*4*3*2*1 = 120 ways to arrange the players names in order.

Since there is only one order that will be arranged alphabetically, the probability that a randomly selected order is alphabetical is 1/120, or about 0.0083.

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