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A bag contains five different-colored straws. The colors of the straws are red, blue, green, yellow, and purple. John randomly choose one straw from the bag. Then, without replacing it, he randomly chose another straw. What is the probability that John chose the red straw and then the purple straw? Express your answer as a fraction (a/b)

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