If C1, C2, C3, C4 are the four children, we can draw their minimum allotment of bananas and oranges as follows:
C1 C2 C3 C4
Bananas 1 1 1 1
Oranges 1 1 1 1
That leaves 3 bananas and 2 oranges to be distributed to the 4 children. So the original problem is equivalent to "how many ways can 3 bananas and 2 oranges be distributed to 4 children, where each child can receive 0…3 bananas and 0…2 oranges ?"
3 bananas:
All 3 can go to one child in 4 ways.
If we give 2 to any one child (4 ways) then the remaining one can be distributed in 3 ways (4x3=12 ways total).
If we give 1 banana to each of 3 children, that can be done in 4 ways
Total number of ways to distribute the bananas is 4+12+4 = 20 ways.
2 oranges:
We can give both oranges to one child in 4 ways.
We can give one orange to one child and the other orange to another child in 6 ways (OO—, -OO-, —OO, O-O-, -O-O, and O—O, where O=orange, -=nothing)
Total number of ways to distribute the oranges is 4+6 = 10 ways.
Since the distribution of bananas and oranges is independent, there are 20x10=
ways to distribute the bananas and oranges.