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54)  How many ways are there to distribute five indistinguishable objects into three indistinguishable boxes?
 
54)  How many ways are there to distribute five indistinguishable objects into three indistinguishable boxes?

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Pg.381 Problem #54

54) How many ways are there to distribute five indistinguishable objects into three indistinguishable boxes?


  • For each way to distribute objects, list the number of objects in the boxes with the box containing the largest number of objects first.

BOXES 1-3

  • 1st way 5, 0, 0
  • 2nd way 4, 1, 0
  • 3rd way 3, 2, 0
  • 4th way 3, 1, 1
  • 5th way 2, 2, 1
  • So, there are 5 ways to distribute 5 indistinguishable objects into three indistinguishable boxes

--Ehanna 12:55, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

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