Question: An extrasensory perception (ESP) experiment is conducted by a psychologist. For part of the experiment, the psychologist takes 10 cards numbered 1-10 and shuffles them.
a. How many possibilities are there for the order in which the subject writes down the numbers?
b. If the subject has no ESP and is just guessing each time, what is the probability that he writes down the numbers in the correct order, that is, in the order that the cards are actually arranged?
c. Based on your result from part (b), what would you conclude if the subject writes down the numbers in the correct order? Explain your answer.
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