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How many ways are possible to distribute 4 distinct coloured pencils to 2 students, such that each of them gets 0 or more pencils?

 

Option: 1

25


Option: 2

16


Option: 3

 14


Option: 4

 18


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Empty box is allowed

So, number of ways of distributing \mathrm{'n'}distinct objects among \mathrm{'r'} identical places such that each one is filled with zero or more things is \mathrm{r^{n}}

Here, number of pencils \mathrm{n=4}
number of students \mathrm{r=2}

Using the equation, we obtain:

\mathrm{r^{n}=2^{4}=16}

Total number of ways: 16

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