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Same Name (Posted on 2003-10-11) Difficulty: 4 of 5
Suppose there are n people in an office. At Christmas they have a random gift exchange in which every name is writen on scraps of paper, mixed around in a hat, and then everyone draws a name at random to determine who they are to get a gift for.

What is the probability nobody draws their own name?

See The Solution Submitted by Ravi Raja    
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  Subject Author Date
Puzzle AnswerK Sengupta2022-05-09 21:30:41
Similar ResultJils2003-12-17 04:33:48
SolutionHal90002003-10-12 14:10:12
re: solution -- numericallyCharlie2003-10-12 09:49:02
exampleCharlie2003-10-11 21:47:56
SolutionsolutionCharlie2003-10-11 10:15:30
SolutionA recursive solutionGamer2003-10-11 08:59:20
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