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AMC 12 2025b Problem 11

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Nine athletes, no two of whom are the same height, try out for the basketball team. One at a time, they draw a wristband at random, without replacement, from a bag containing 3 blue bands, 3 red bands, and 3 green bands. They are divided into a blue group, a red group, and a green group. The tallest member of each group is named the group captain. What is the probability that the group captains are the three tallest athletes?

(A) 29(B) 27(C) 928(D) 13(E) 38\textbf{(A) } \dfrac{2}{9} \textbf{(B) } \dfrac{2}{7} \textbf{(C) } \dfrac{9}{28} \textbf{(D) } \dfrac{1}{3} \textbf{(E) } \dfrac{3}{8}

Dataset text AMC 12 2000 to 2025. Quoted with source.

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