JEE Main 2004 — Permutation Combination Question with Solution
JEE Main 2004
Question
The number of ways of distributing 8 identical balls in 3 distinct boxes so that none of the boxes is empty is
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Correct answer
D21
Step-by-step explanation
Number of balls
number of boxes
Hence number of ways .
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