document.write( "Question 1129916: How many ways are there to place 4 distinct balls into 5 distinct boxes such that exactly 3 of the 5 boxes do not have any balls? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "In this problem, the order of 2 selected boxes is important and does matter.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, we have 5*4 = 20 different box arrangements - not 10 combinations, as @stanbon uses.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the total number of ways is 20*16 = 320 - not 160.\r\n" );
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