There are fifteen students writing a Statistics exam. What is the probability of correctly predicting the three students who obtain the highest marks in the exam, in the correct order, assuming that no student obtains the same mark as any other student?

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A bag contains 9 blue and 12 green marbles. You are asked to select two marbles from the bag. The first marble selected will not be placed back into the bag.
Construct a probability tree, indicating the various possible outcomes that may occur, and each of their probabilities (as simplified fractions).

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There are fifteen students writing a Statistics exam. What is the probability of correctly predicting the three students who obtain the highest marks in the exam, in the correct order, assuming that no student obtains the same mark as any other student?

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