bute 80 identical pencils in a class consisting of 10 boys and 20 girls in such a way that each of the girls gets at least one pencil but we do not insist on the same thing for the boys. In how many ways can we do this? You do not have to compute the numbers. When writing your answer denote "n choose k" by C(n,k) and do not leave spaces between characters.

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We distribute 80 identical pencils in a class consisting of 10 boys and 20 girls in such a way that each of the girls gets at least one pencil but we do not insist on the same thing for the boys. In how many ways can we do this? You do not have to compute the numbers. When writing your answer denote "n choose k" by C(n,k) and do not leave spaces between characters.
We distribute 80 identical pencils in a class consisting of 10 boys and 20 girls
in such a way that each of the girls gets at least one pencil but we do not
insist on the same thing for the boys. In how many ways can we do this?
You do not have to compute the numbers. When writing your answer denote
"n choose k" by C(n,k) and do not leave spaces between characters.
Transcribed Image Text:We distribute 80 identical pencils in a class consisting of 10 boys and 20 girls in such a way that each of the girls gets at least one pencil but we do not insist on the same thing for the boys. In how many ways can we do this? You do not have to compute the numbers. When writing your answer denote "n choose k" by C(n,k) and do not leave spaces between characters.
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