Each of five contestants competing in a quiz are asked 10 quick-fire questions, and their answers may be correct or incorrect with equal probability. The score of each contestant depends on the number of correct answers. What is the probability that   (a) all contestants get a different score? (b) exactly 2 of them get the same score? (c) exactly 3 of them get the same score?

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Each of five contestants competing in a quiz are asked 10 quick-fire questions, and their answers may be correct or incorrect with equal probability. The score of each contestant depends on the number of correct answers. What is the probability that
 
(a) all contestants get a different score?
(b) exactly 2 of them get the same score?
(c) exactly 3 of them get the same score?
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