you have 7 books of harry potter, your little nephew cooper who can't read yet puts the books back in the shelves. What is the probability that cooper puts them back in order

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Answer:  1/5040

Explanation

There are 7 choices for the first slot, then 6 choices for the next, and so on. Count down until reaching 1. Multiply along the way.

7*6*5*4*3*2*1 = 5040 different ways to arrange the 7 books.

Only one of those permutations will be the correct order.

That's how we arrive at 1/5040

This approximates to roughly 1/5040 = 0.000198 = 0.0198%