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document.write( "Jillene wrapped 5 gifts for her 5 cousins. If she gives them out randomly, what is the probability that every cousin gets the right present?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #369844 by jim_thompson5910(35256) ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! There are 5! = 5*4*3*2*1 = 120 different ways to hand out gifts, but only one way to hand them out such that every cousin gets the right present.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the probability is 1/120 which in decimal form is 0.00833333 (so about a 0.833% chance) \n" ); document.write( " |