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If there are letters written to different people and envelopes addressed to them, then the number of ways in which these letters can be arranged so that no letter goes into its corresponding envelope is
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Given that letters are written to different people and envelopes addressed to them
The number of ways in which these letters can be arranged so that no letter goes into its corresponding envelope is equal to number of derangement of objects
The derangement of objects is
Here,
Hence, the number of ways to put letters in addressed envelopes, so that all are in wrong envelopes is .
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