Yomi was asked to label four seats S, R, P, Q. What is the probability he labelled them in alphabetical order?

Assessment: WAEC SSCE - Further Mathematics - 2010 (Objective) Subject: Further Mathematics

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Yomi was asked to label four seats S, R, P, Q. What is the probability he labelled them in alphabetical order?

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There are 4 seats to be labeled, so Yomi can label the first seat with any of the 4 letters. After labeling the first seat, there are 3 letters left to choose from for the second seat, 2 letters for the third seat, and only 1 letter left for the last seat. Thus, there are a total of 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 24 possible ways to label the seats. Out of these 24 possible ways, only one arrangement is in alphabetical order (i.e., S, P, Q, R). Therefore, the probability that Yomi labeled the seats in alphabetical order is 1/24. Therefore, the correct option is (a) \(\frac{1}{24}\).

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