SOLUTION: Five dogs (Fido, Ruff, Lassie, Odie, and Snoopy) were playing in the park. Altogether, they had 5 identical Frisbees. In how many ways could the 5 Frisbees be distributed among the
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Question 891344: Five dogs (Fido, Ruff, Lassie, Odie, and Snoopy) were playing in the park. Altogether, they had 5 identical Frisbees. In how many ways could the 5 Frisbees be distributed among the dogs when they leave the park to go home? Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! This is a typical "stars and bars" problem with five "stars" (frisbees) and four bars, and the number of ways is 9C4 = 126.
If you are not familiar with the technique, see here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars_and_bars_(combinatorics)
