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Number of ways we can draw 6 chocolates drawn from 15 chocolates out of which 4 are blue, 5 are red and 6 are green if chocolates of the same colour are not distinguishable?

what i did was to use the coefficient method $x^6$ in the expansion of $(1+x+x^2..+x^6)(1+x+x^2+x^3+..+x^5)(1+x+x^2..+x^4)$. This should give the answer but i considered if there was a better approach for this problem rather than coefficient calculations ? I was looking if it was possible to solve it using Principle of inclusion and exclusion.

  • Thats nice thanks – ProblemDestroyer Apr 09 '22 at 07:37
  • Actually i wanted just the opposite , i didnt want to use that polynomial coeffiecient method – ProblemDestroyer Apr 09 '22 at 07:38
  • Why exactly do you wish for another method? Are you finding the calculations in the current method hard? If it's calculations, there is a trick to speed it up for computing coefficients – Clemens Bartholdy Apr 09 '22 at 07:39
  • Secondly, could you show your attempt in applying Inclusion /Exclusion? It would make your post more likely to get upvoted and also answered – Clemens Bartholdy Apr 09 '22 at 07:40
  • This problem is pretty much a duplicate. See this answer. If you have any questions about adjusting the linked answer to fit your Math problem, leave a comment, that includes the @user2661923 flag. – user2661923 Apr 09 '22 at 07:42
  • @Buraian You linked to the exact same posting that I did, except that you linked to the question, and I linked to my answer. I am glad that you added a generating function answer to that question. I wonder how much trouble it would be for you to generalize your answer, as I generalized mine, rather than making your generating function answer specific to this posting's question. – user2661923 Apr 09 '22 at 11:06

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