you and six friends play a game where each person writes down his or her names on a scrap pape, and the names are randomly distributed back to each person. Find the probability that everyone gets back his or her own name.

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anonymous · Answer

so how many people are playng this game total?

221emily · Answer

1/7 because if there are 6 friends and you are playing too that makes 7 total people. If you all were to put your names in once it would be a one in seven chance that you would all get your name back.