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Counting & Probability · Challenge problem

Six guests each check a hat and a coat. At the end of the evening the hats are handed back in a random order (one per guest) and, independently, so are the coats. In how many of the (6!)2=518400(6!)^2=518400 equally likely outcomes does no guest get back both their own hat and their own coat?

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