Biscuit Prooooblem

Probability Level 2

In how many ways 9 biscuits can be distributed among 3 students so that each gets atleast 1 biscuit?

ASSUMPTIONS:- 1.All biscuits are identical.


The answer is 28.

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Shounak Ghosh by Shounak Ghosh , 23, India

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lol lol

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Shounak Ghosh
Oct 14, 2014

Sorry guys for the wrong answer the answer should be 8c2 ways. That is 28 ways. Regards.

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Can you explain what you are doing? I believe that the answer is ( 8 2 ) { 8 \choose 2} by stars and bars.

Calvin Lin Staff - 6 years, 7 months ago

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