Monday, 16 December 2013

Monday Puzzle

The Presurfer, in cooperation with pzzlr.com, brings you a puzzle every Monday. Just to tickle your brain.

image credit: Josh Thompson

Having just received their degrees, ten friends line up in the sunshine to have their photo taken when a gust of wind blows off their mortarboards (caps). Each retrieves a cap at random during the ensuing scramble. What is the probability that exactly nine of them retrieve their own cap?

You can find the answer here.

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