You want to send postcards to 12 friends. In the shop there are only 3 kinds of postcards. In how many ways can you send the postcards, if (a) there is a large number of each kind of postcard, and you want to send one card to each friend; (b) there is a large number of each kind of postcard, and you are willing to send one or more postcards to each friend (but no one should get two identical cards); (c) the shop has only 4 of each kind of postcard, and you want to send one card to each friend?

You want to send postcards to 12 friends. In the shop there are only 3 kinds of postcards. In how many ways can you send the postcards, if (a) there is a large number of each kind of postcard, and you want to send one card to each friend; (b) there is a large number of each kind of postcard, and you are willing to send one or more postcards to each friend (but no one should get two identical cards); (c) the shop has only 4 of each kind of postcard, and you want to send one card to each friend?

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

10th Edition

ISBN:9780470458365

Author:Erwin Kreyszig

Publisher:Erwin Kreyszig

Chapter2: Second-order Linear Odes

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1RQ

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