Five letters are placed at random in five addressed envelopes. The probability that all the letters are not dispatched in the respective right envelopes is

  • A
    $\frac{1}{120}$
  • B
    $\frac{1}{5}$
  • C
    $\frac{119}{120}$
  • D
    $\frac{4}{5}$

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