document.write( "Question 1204839: There is a group of five children, where two of the children are twins. In how
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document.write( "My interpretation is that if you 'distribute' candy among children, you certainly\r\n" );
document.write( "don't allow the possibility of giving 11 pieces to one child and none to the\r\n" );
document.write( "others. I wouldn't call that 'distributing' the candy.  I guess I thought about\r\n" );
document.write( "when I was teaching, when I would 'distribute' handouts or tests, I didn't leave\r\n" );
document.write( "any students out.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "I also disagree with Greenestamps and agree with Ikleyn that you just don't\r\n" );
document.write( "consider twins as if they were one \"double person\", i.e., one person with two\r\n" );
document.write( "bodies, i.e., indistinguishable. [BTW, is it \"indistinguishable\" or\r\n" );
document.write( "\"undistinguishable\"?The spelling with the \"i\" sounds better.]\r\n" );
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document.write( "Anyway, all three of us used the same method, with our different \r\n" );
document.write( "interpretations.  Also, I prefer thinking through the stars and bars method\r\n" );
document.write( "without plugging in partition formulas.\r\n" );
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