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A little help here? (II-B Combinatorics HW)
Excuse me, I'm David Tang from MC2B, and I don't even know how to do 28) on Counting Methods, pt. 2.
I would like you to do a favor and give me a hint.
Thanks.
Sincerely, David Tang 2020
You might be tempted to use stars and bars, however, this time the balls are not identical so stars and bars would not help.
Instead start by placing $10$ balls into the first box (how many ways can you pick the $10$ balls that will go in this box?), and then place each of the remaining $20$ balls into one of the $5$ remaining boxes (you can do this one ball at a time).
Let us know if you need additional hints for this problem. Happy New Year!
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