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Permutations and Combinations · Question 16

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The number of ways, in which 16 oranges can be distributed to four children such that each child gets at least one orange, is

  1. 384
  2. 403
  3. 429
  4. 455

Answer

(4) 455

Solution

The oranges are identical. Let the children get x1, x2, x3, x4 oranges:

x1 + x2 + x3 + x4 = 16, xi 1

Put xi = yi + 1 (yi 0): y1 + y2 + y3 + y4 = 12

Number of solutions = 12+4-1C4-1 = 15C3

= 15 14 136 = 455

Answer: (4)

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