Oreo cookies
Probability
Level
3
What is the number of ways to give 5 identical OREO cookies to 7 children?
(A child may get 0,1,2,3,4, or 5 Oreos.)
The answer is 462.
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1 solution
This question can be solved through equation.
The equation is a + b + c + d + e + f + g = 5. //there are six partitions.
The above equation can have whole number solutions as mentioned in the question in 11 C 6 = 462.