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A collection of baseball cards 2010-07-01
From Martha:
Cody has a collection of baseball cards. Is it possible for him to place the cards into 5 boxes so that exactly 3 of the boxes contain an odd number of cards and the total number of cards in two of the boxes is the same as the total number in the other 3 boxes? Explain.
Answered by Robert Dawson, Penny Nom and Claude Tardif.
Distributing r identical balls into n distinct boxes 2003-03-16
From Diana:
How many ways to distribute r identical balls into n distinct boxes with exactly m boxes empty?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Probability 1998-09-17
From Chris:
Six marbles are placed in one of three boxes. What is the probability that each box contains two marbles? What is the formula used?
Answered by Penny Nom and Chris Fisher.
 
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