If four numbers are randomly selected without replacement from set \(\{1, 2, 3, 4\}\), what is the probability that the

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If four numbers are randomly selected without replacement from the set \(\{1, 2, 3, 4\}\), what is the probability that the four numbers are selected in ascending order?

A. \(1/256\)
B. \(1/64\)
C. \(1/48\)
D. \(1/24\)
E. \(1/12\)

The OA is D

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If four numbers are randomly selected without replacement from the set \(\{1, 2, 3, 4\}\), what is the probability that the four numbers are selected in ascending order?

A. \(1/256\)
B. \(1/64\)
C. \(1/48\)
D. \(1/24\)
E. \(1/12\)

The OA is D
If you randomly pick four numbers from set \(\{1, 2, 3, 4\}\) without putting back, what's chance of selecting them in the order that goes up? D, which means \(1/24\). This means only one favorable outcome out of 24 possible outcomes, giving us probability of \(1/24\).