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In how many ways is it possible to put seven apples and three oranges in two paper bags so that both bags to contain at least one orange and identical number of fruits?



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In how many ways is it possible to put seven apples and 11 Aug 2003, 09:49
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10C5=252 total fives out of ten, but we count them twice, for one five defines the other
so, it is 126

wrong fives (no oranges, all apples) 7C5=21
126-21=105
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In how many ways is it possible to put seven apples and 15 Aug 2003, 00:35
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10C5=252 total fives out of ten, but we count them twice, for one five defines the other
so, it is 126

wrong fives (no oranges, all apples) 7C5=21
126-21=105
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Stolyar,

Here's my line of thinking:

The ways in which this arrangement can be made are

BAG-1 BAG-2

1 Orng+4 App 2 Orng+3 App
2 Orng+3 App 1 Orng+4 App

Therefore, there are 2 ways in my opinion. What's the flaw in this argument?

The key difference is that I'm assuming all oranges to be similar and all apples to be similar, therefore no choosing is involved
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In how many ways is it possible to put seven apples and 15 Aug 2003, 01:14
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1 Orng+4 App OR 2 Orng+3 App (2 combinations) would be OK if you had 5 fruits. But you have 10.

Consider
you have 1 white and 1 black balls, in how many combinations you can take a pair of black and white? The only combination--one black plus one white.

Now you have 1 white and 10 black balls; the question is the same--how many combinations. One again?
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Stolyar's approach is the best. The answer is 105



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