Question

In how many ways can 8 balls be placed into 3 boxes

Answer 1

Lets see for the first ball .

For the first ball it can be kept in any of the 3 boxes.

There are 3 ways

For each ball there are 3 ways in which they can be kept.

By Principle of counting :

No. of ways = 3 × 3 × 3 .............. 8 times

= 3⁸ ways

= 6561 ways

The number of ways = 6561

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