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Since the boxes are indistinguishable and so are the balls, this would be like making stacks of 3 balls from 5 and the only difference between the stacks would be
 
Since the boxes are indistinguishable and so are the balls, this would be like making stacks of 3 balls from 5 and the only difference between the stacks would be
 
the number of balls present. then we would have:
 
the number of balls present. then we would have:
0 0 5
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[0 0 5]
0 1 4
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[0 1 4]
0 3 2
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[0 3 2]
3 1 1
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[3 1 1]
2 2 1
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[2 2 1]
  
 
ways of placing the balls...hence this would give us 5 ways of arranging teh balls.
 
ways of placing the balls...hence this would give us 5 ways of arranging teh balls.

Revision as of 00:50, 25 September 2008

Since the boxes are indistinguishable and so are the balls, this would be like making stacks of 3 balls from 5 and the only difference between the stacks would be the number of balls present. then we would have: [0 0 5] [0 1 4] [0 3 2] [3 1 1] [2 2 1]

ways of placing the balls...hence this would give us 5 ways of arranging teh balls.

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