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Q62.Number of ways of arranging 8 identical books into 4 identical shelves where any number of shelves may remain empty is equal to (1) 18 (2) 16 (3) 12 (4) 15

What This Question Tests

This question tests the non-trivial concept of distributing identical items into identical containers, which requires finding the number of partitions of an integer into at most a given number of parts.

Concepts Tested

Partitions of an integerIdentical items into identical binsCombinatorics

Formulas Used

P(n, k) for partitions of n into k parts

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๐Ÿ“‹ Question Details

Chapter
Permutation & Combination
Topic
Partitions of an Integer
Year
2024
Shift
29 Jan Shift 2
Q Number
Q62
Type
MCQ
NCERT Ref
Class 11 Mathematics Ch 7: Permutations and Combinations

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