Asked by Bob
How many different ways can you put 3 distinguishable things in 10 boxes?
Answers
Answered by
MathMate
Assuming the 10 boxes are distinguishable or ordered.
There are 10 ways to put the first item, 10 for the second, and 10 for the third. So by the multiplication rule, there are 10^3 ways to place the three objects.
There are 10 ways to put the first item, 10 for the second, and 10 for the third. So by the multiplication rule, there are 10^3 ways to place the three objects.
Answered by
Bob
Okay, but what if the maximum that each box can hold is 2?
Answered by
MathMate
What do you do when you have the third object to be placed and supposed to place in a box already filled with two object?
You would skip that case.
How many of these cases do we have?
You would skip that case.
How many of these cases do we have?
There are no AI answers yet. The ability to request AI answers is coming soon!
Submit Your Answer
We prioritize human answers over AI answers.
If you are human, and you can answer this question, please submit your answer.