Now suppose that the 5 (identical) prizes will be distributed among the 8 people. a winner can receive more than one prize. in how many ways could the 5 prizes be distributed?

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Ireland Hayes

28 May, 07:53

Now suppose that the 5 (identical) prizes will be distributed among the 8 people. a winner can receive more than one prize. in how many ways could the 5 prizes be distributed?

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Aiden Watson · Answer 1

The answer to this question would be 792If A is the number of prizes and B is the number of people, the formula that needed to solve this question would be C (A+B-1, B-1)

If you put the number it will become C (5+8-1, 8-1) = C (12,7)

Then the possible way should be:

12! / 7! 5! = 479001600 / 120*5040 = 792 ways