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How many ways can you distribute 4 identical balls among 5 identical boxes?

 Jan 31, 2022
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Because both the balls and the boxes are indistingusable, we only have to account for each case once.

 

Here are the only possibilites: 

 

4 in one basket and 0 in the rest.

3 in one basket and 1 in 1 of the remaining 4 baskets, with none in the rest

2 in one basket and 2 in another basket, with none in the rest

2 in one basket and 1 in another and 1 more in another basket, with none in the rest

1 in one basket and 3 in another, with none in the rest.

 

This accounts for a total of 5 ways.

 Jan 31, 2022

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