When nine 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.

The probability is

Step-by-step explanation:

First the number of ways in which they can order the nine names for shoots can be calculated with the rule of multiplication as:

9*8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1=362880

Additionally there is only one way from the 362880 in which they are in alphabetical order, so the probability is calculated as:

.19875994384

step-by-step explanation:

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