In how many ways can 12 different chocolates be equally divided among 3 children?
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Can we do it like this ?
The 1 st child can take any 4 chocolates from 1 2 : 1 2 C 4
The 2 nd child can take any 4 chocolates from 8 : 8 C 4
The 3 rd child can take any 4 chocolates from 4 : 4 C 4
Total Possibilities : 1 2 C 4 × 8 C 4 × 4 C 4 = 3 4 6 5 0
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the perfect method i would say. ashish showed a bit rigorous generalisation
Ofcourse that is exactly how I have generalized!
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For some reason your proof looks confusing :/
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@Sabhrant Sachan – Oh I am sorry for that :( I will try to make it better.
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Generalizing, lets calculate the nymber of ways in which n chocolates can be equally distributed among n children.
So, each child should get n m chocolates.
First child can get chocolates in m C n m different ways. The The second child can get chocolates in m − n m C n m different ways.
The third child can get chocolates in m − 2 n m C n m different ways.
The fourth child can get chocolates in m − 3 n m C n m different ways.
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The ( n − 1 ) t h child can get chocolates in m − ( n − 2 ) n m C n m different ways.
The n t h child can get chocolates in m − ( n − 1 ) n m C n m different ways.
So, the total number of ways in which the chocolates can be equally distributed
= m C n m × m − n m C n m × m − 2 n m C n m × ⋯ × m − ( n − 2 ) n m C n m × m − ( n − 1 ) n m C n m = ( n m ) ! × ( m − n m ) ! m ! × ( n m ) ! × ( m − 2 n m ) ! ( m − n m ) ! × ( n m ) ! × ( m − n 3 m ) ! ( m − n 2 m ) ! × ⋯ × ( n m ) ! × ( m − ( n − 1 ) n m ) ! ( m − ( n − 2 ) n m ) ! × ( n m ) ! × ( m − n n m ) ! ( m − ( n − 1 ) n m ) ! = ( n m ) ! n m !
So, plugging in m = 1 2 and n = 3 , we get, the number of ways of distributing the chocolates as:-
( 3 1 2 ) 3 1 2 ! = ( 4 ! ) 3 1 2 ! = 3 4 6 5 0