Division and Distribution of Objects

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Division and Distribution of Objects: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Division into Groups in Combinations, Divisors of an Integer, Distribution of 'N' Identical Objects among 'R' Distinguishable Groups & Distribution of 'n' Different Objects among 'r' Distinguishable Groups etc.

Important Questions on Division and Distribution of Objects

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How many different ways can 15 Candy bars be distributed among Ram, Shyam, Ghanshyam and Balram, if Ram can not have more than 5 candy bars and Shyam must have at least two. Assume all Candy bars to be alike.

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Find the number of positive integers that are divisors of at least one of the numbers  10 1 0 ; 18 11 ; 157 .

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If 16 identical pencils are distributed among 4 children such that each gets at least 3 pencils. The number of ways of distributing the pencils is

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Number of positive integral solutions of x1x2x3=30, is

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The number of triplets x, y, z where x, y, z are distinct non negative integers satisfying x+y+z=15, is

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Eight persons are to be transported from city A to city B in three cars of different makes. If each car can accommodate at most three persons, then the number of ways, in which they can be transported, is

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If x+y+z=17 and x,y,z are non-negative integers, then find the number of integral solutions.

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If 8 persons have to travel from Point A to Point B in 3 allotted cars. If a car can carry maximum 3 persons then find the number of ways they can travel.

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The number of ways to distribute 20 chocolates among three students such that each student will get atleast one chocolate is

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Number of positive integral solutions of 2x1+3x2+4x3+5x4=25 is

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Number of ways in which 10 persons can go in two boats so that there may be 5 on each boat, supposing that two particular persons will not go in same boat is

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In how many ways can 10 balls be divided between two boys one receiving two and the other eight balls?

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The number of ways of dividing 8 things into 4 equal groups is

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Consider seven-digit number x1, x2, ...,x7 where, x1, x2,....,x70 having the property that x4 is the greatest digit and digit towards the left and right of x4 are in decreasing order. The total number of such numbers in which all digits are distinct is

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Let x be the elements of the set A=1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10,12,15,20,24,30,40,60,120 and x1,x2,x3 be positive integers and d be the number of integral solutions of x1x2x3=x, then d is

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The number of integral solutions for the equation x+y+z+t=20, where x,y,z,t-1, is

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How many 6 digit numbers have sum of digits 50.

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The value of k=12011k-1k!(2011-k)!=n2n+1+1(n+2)!. Number of positive integral divisors of n is

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If the number of ways in which four distinct balls can be put into two identical boxes such that no box remains empty is equal to k, then k is

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Let P denotes the ways in which persons A, B & C will get 1, 2, 5 objects respectively out of 10 distinct objects. If P=λ10!1! 2! 5!, then 4λ=