Question

There are 5 apples in a basket. If these apples are equally distributed among 20 children, what fraction of an apple does each child get?

Answer 1

Answer:

Since, it is given that each of them should be given atleast 2 apples.

Thus, firstly,we give 2 to each of them (Assuming all apples are identical).

Now, these 4 children have 2 apples each.

Remaining 4 apples (12 initial–8 distributed) can be distributed to these with the condition that anyone of these can receive any number of apples ranging from 0 to 4, as they will always have atleast 2 with them as asked in the questions.

Let us now see the possible groups -

1.4+0+0+0

Number of ways =

3!

4!

=4

2.3+1+0+0

Number of ways =

2!

4!

=12

3.2+2+0+0

Number of ways =

2!2!

4!

=6

4.2+1+1+0

Number of ways =

2!

4!

=12

5.1+1+1+1

Number of ways =

4!

4!

=1

So, the total no. of possible ways =4+12+6+12+1=35 ways.

Answer 2

Answer:

1/4

Step-by-step explanation:

5/20 is now 1/4