There are n letters and n addressed envelopes. If the letters are placed in the envelopes at random, -Maths 9th

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Total number of ways of placing n letters in n envelopes = n! All the letters can be placed correctly in only 1 way ∴ Probability of placing all the letters in the right envelopes = \(rac{1}{n!}\) ∴ Probability that all the letters are not placed in the right envelope = 1 – \(rac{1}{n!}\) .

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