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  • 07-07-2016
  • Mathematics
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In how many ways can we distribute 10 identical looking pencils to 4 students so that each student gets at least 1 pencil?

Options are 5040,210,84 or none of these.

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meerkat18
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  • 13-07-2016

The problem makes use of the concept of combination. Since the pencils all looked the same, you just have to select 4 out of the 10 without concerning about their order. There are 10C4 ways which is numerical equivalent to 210.

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