Probability that the buttons for consecutive floors

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Three people get into an empty elevator at the first floor of a building that has 10 floors. Eachpresses the button for their desired floor (unless one of the others has already pressed that button).Assume that they are equally likely to want to go to floors 2 through 10 (independently of each other). What is the probability that the buttons for 3 consecutive floors are pressed?

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