SOLUTION: The local high school football team, the Falcons, has a contest where seven letters F, A, L, C, O, N, and S are printed in random order on tickets given to each spectator. If anybo

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Question 1078956: The local high school football team, the Falcons, has a contest where seven letters F, A, L, C, O, N, and S are printed in random order on tickets given to each spectator. If anybody has the word "FALCONS" printed on their ticket, they win a giant plush falcon. What is the probability that someone will win the giant falcon?
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The local high school football team, the Falcons, has a contest where seven letters F, A, L, C, O, N, and S are printed in random order on tickets given to each spectator. If anybody has the word "FALCONS" printed on their ticket, they win a giant plush falcon. What is the probability that someone will win the giant falcon?
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# of ways to win:: 1
# of possible outcomes:: 7! = 5040
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Ans: 1/5040
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Stan H.