The HOD asked the professor to show him 4 answer books without "A", The professor complained that he had to look through 9 books to find the 4 books without "A". What is the probability of this happening?

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The HOD asked the professor to show him 4 answer books without "A", The professor complained that he had to look through 9 books to find the 4 books without "A". What is the probability of this happening?
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The probability of the event is,

 

probability=Number of ways to event occurTotal number of possible outcomes

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