Question

Number of ways that 5 identical balls are distributed into 3 boxes

Answer 1

No. of ways of distributing 5 balls into 3 boxes = 3^5 = 243 ways

Answer 2

Answer:

A + B + C = 5

N = 5 , r = 3

(N+r-1) C (r(-1)

= 7c2

= 21 ways