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Question:
Out of 5 apples,10 mangoes and 13 oranges, any 15 fruits are to be distributed among 2 persons. Then the total number of ways of distribution is
Answer:

Given there are 5 apples, 10 mangoes and 13 oranges.

Let x1 is for apple, x2 is for mango and x3 is for orange.

Now, first we have to select total 15 fruits out of them.

     x1 + x2 + x3 = 15    (where 0 <= x1 <= 5, 0 <= x2 <= 10, 0 <= x3 <= 13)

=  (x0 + x1 + x2 +.........+ x5 )*(x0 + x1 + x2 +.........+ x10 )*(x0 + x1 + x2 +.........+ x13

= {(1- x6 )/(1 - x)}*{(1- x11 )/(1 - x)}*{(1- x14 )/(1 - x)}

= {(1- x6 )*(1- x11 )*{(1- x14 )}/(1 - x)3

= {(1- x6 )*(1- x11 )*{(1- x14 )} * ∑ 3-r+1Cr * xr

= {(1- x11 - x6 + x17 )*{(1- x14 )} * ∑ 3+r-1Cr * xr

= {(1- x11 - x6 + x17 - x14 + x25  + x20 - x31  )} * ∑ 2+rCr * xr

= 1* ∑ 2+rCr * xr - x11 * ∑ 2+rCr * xr - x6 * ∑ 2+rCr * xr + x17 * ∑ 2+rCr * xr - x14 * ∑ 2+rCr * xr+ x25 * ∑ 2+rCr * xr + x20 * ∑ 2+rCr * xr- x31 * ∑ 2+rCr * xr

= ∑ 2+rCr * xr - ∑ 2+rCr * xr+11 - ∑ 2+rCr * xr+6 + ∑ 2+rCr * xr+17 - ∑ 2+rCr * xr+14 + ∑ 2+rCr * xr+25 + ∑ 2+rCr * xr+20 - ∑ 2+rCr * xr+25 

Now we have to find coefficeien of x15

=  2+15C15 -  2+4C4  -  2+9C9  -  2+1C1   (rest all terms have greater than x15 , so its coefficients are 0  )

=  17C15 -  6C4  -  11C9  -  3C1

17C2 -  6C2  -  11C2  -  3C1

= {(17*16)/2} - {(6*5)/2} - {(11*10)/2} - 3 

= (17*8) - (3*5) - (11*5) - 3

= 136 - 15 - 55 - 3

= 136 - 73

= 63

Again we have to distribute 15 fruits between 2 persons.

So  x1 + x2 = 15

=  2-1+15C15    

= 16C15     

= 16C1   

= 16

Now total number of ways of distriburtion = 16*63 = 1008

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