Transitive group action on Sylow subgroups

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Let's say we have $5$ Sylow $p$-subgroups in $G$ for some $p$. This induces a group homomorphism $f: G\to S_{5}$ if we let $G$ act on the set $Syl_p$ by conjugation.

Question: I'm not 100% sure if I understand why it follows that $|f(G)|\geq 5$ from the fact that the group action is transitive.

I would say that we have at least permutations $\sigma$ with $\sigma (i)=j$ for each $i,j\in\{1,\dots,5\}$. So for example, if we fix $i=1$ we get 5 permutations for this that cannot be the same since they are bijections. Is that correct? Maybe someone else has more insight and would care sharing his point of view?

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Just use the class formula: there results from this formula that, for any group $G$ operating on a set $X$, the cardinal of an orbit is a divisor of $|G|$.