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Probability Riddle Using Python: Probability of Increasing Sequence

Riddle:

Slips of paper with the numbers from 1 to 99 are placed in a hat. Five numbers are randomly drawn out of the hat one at a time (without replacement). What is the probability that the numbers are chosen in increasing order? 


Python Solution:


Riddle source:

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