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Question

There are n identical red  balls & m identical green balls. The number of different linear arrangements consisting of ″n red balls but not necessarily all the green balls″ is xCy then -

Options

A.x = m + n, y = m 
B.x = m + n + 1, y = m
C.x = m + n + 1, y = m + 1
D.x = m + n, y = n

Solution

Case 1 : When all n red balls are taken but no green ball.
Only 1 arrangement is possible.
Case 2 : n red balls and 1 green balls
Number of arrangement =
Case 3 : n red balls and 2 green balls
Number of arrangement =
case m + 1 : n red balls and m green balls
Number of arrangements =
add all cases
1 +
n+1C0 + n+1C1 + n+2C2 + ............+ n+mCm
n+2C1 + n+2C2 + .............+  n+mCm
(∴  nCr + nCr-1 = n+1Cr)
n+3C2 + n+3C3 + ....... + n+mCm
Finally we get the sum as : m+n+1Cm

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