document.write( "Question 1157327: A man wishes to give his 12 books to his 3 children, so that the first shall receive 5, the second 4, and the third 3. In how many ways can he give the books? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "The rules are not clear; so I will assume the easy solution.

\n" ); document.write( "The number of ways he can give the books is the number of ways to arrange the numbers 3, 4, and 5 in a row: 3!=6 ways.

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document.write( "   1st   2nd   3rd\r\n" );
document.write( "  child child child\r\n" );
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document.write( "    3     4     5\r\n" );
document.write( "    3     5     4\r\n" );
document.write( "    4     3     5\r\n" );
document.write( "    4     5     3\r\n" );
document.write( "    5     3     4\r\n" );
document.write( "    5     4     3

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