document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=977501>Question 977501</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A restaurant donated 6 identical gift cards to be raffled off at a local charity event.  At the charity's fundraising event, 12 people buy a raffle ticket to try to win one of the gift cards, and their raffle tickets are placed into a single can.  The raffle organizer then randomly picks 6 tickets from the can to determine the gift card winners.  How many possible outcomes are there?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #599050 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=xxLaurax><B>xxLaurax(5)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/iconNewId_16x16.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=xxLaurax><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=xxLaurax><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=599050\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Remember permutation is when order does matter. So 12 people bought the raffle ticket and ONLY 6 people will get pick.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, first person who gets pick can be anyone of the twelve people.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Second person who gets pick can be anyone of the eleven people.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "And this goes on and on once you pick out the sixth person.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P = 12*11*10*9*8*7 = 665,280\r<BR>\n" );
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