Five bricks are placed on the ground, as shown on the right. Navithan 1 2 can only remove a brick if there are no bricks on top of it. He repeatedly 3 4 5 removes a brick, chosen at random from those available, until all the bricks are removed. What is the probability that the brick numbered 4 is the third one to be removed?
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