600 identical balls are distributed randomly in 6 numbered boxes (all balls are to be distributed and boxes can be empty). What is the probability that exactly 300 balls will end up in the first 3 boxes?
600 identical balls are distributed randomly in 6 numbered boxes (all balls are to be distributed and boxes can be empty). What is the probability that exactly 300 balls will end up in the first 3 boxes?
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When there are identical objects to be distributed among r distinct bins, we will have bars that divide them into distinct groups. The total objects that will be distributed are , and of these distributions are made for the bars alone. Thus, there are possible placements of the bars.
Equivalently, there are possible distributions of n identical objects among r distinct bins.
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