Twenty-five slips of paper are each marked with a different letter of the alphabet and placed in a basket. A slip is pulled​ out, its letter recorded​ (in the order in which the slip was​ drawn), and the slip is replaced. This is done 5 times. Find the probability that the word Abate is formed. Assume that each letter in the word is also in the basket. The probability is ​P(E)= ​(Use scientific notation. Round to three decimal places as​ needed.)

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​Twenty-five
slips of paper are each marked with a different letter of the alphabet and placed in a basket. A slip is pulled​ out, its letter recorded​ (in the order in which the slip was​ drawn), and the slip is replaced. This is done
5
times. Find the probability that the word
Abate
is formed. Assume that each letter in the word is also in the basket.
The probability is
​P(E)=
​(Use scientific notation. Round to three decimal places as​ needed.)
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