How many ways are there to pick 10 balls from a pile of ball
How many ways are there to pick 10 balls from a pile of balls that has lots of red, blue and white balls and also one lavender, one pink, and one tan ball?
Solution
if all three of lavender pink and tan are chosen then number of cases
3C3 (choosing all 3)* 9C2(no of solution to x_1 +x_2+x_3 = 7)=36
if 2 out of three of lavender pink and tan are chosen then number of cases
3C2 (choosing all 3)* 10C2(no of solution to x_1 +x_2+x_3 = 8) = 135
if 1 out of three of lavender pink and tan are chosen then number of cases
3C1 (choosing all 3)* 11C2(no of solution to x_1 +x_2+x_3 = 9) = 165
if none out of three of lavender pink and tan is chosen then number of cases
3C0 (choosing all 3)* 12C2(no of solution to x_1 +x_2+x_3 = 9) = 66
