A shuffled pack of cards is unlikely to return to its original order because:

  1. cards repel
  2. the ordered arrangement is just one of an enormous number of possibilities
  3. shuffling destroys cards
  4. energy is conserved
Answer

B) the ordered arrangement is just one of an enormous number of possibilities

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