Counting nCr = n!/r!(n-r)!=nC(n-r) This equation reflects the fact that selecting r items is same as...
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• nCr = n!/r!(n-r)!=nC(n-r)
This equation reflects the fact that selecting r items is same as selecting n-r items in forming a combination from n items.
Compare two problems
• Number of strings of 0,1, and length n
2n
• Number of strings of 0,1, length n, and r 0s
nCr
Consider the set {1,2,…,n}, the positions of the
digits in the strings. There are nCr ways to choose
r positions to assign 0.
Theorem 2. Suppose k selections are to be made from n items without regards to order and that repeats are allowed, assuming at least k copies of each of the n items. The number of ways these selections can be made is (n+k-1)Ck.
Example. Choose 3 CDs from 10 (allow repeats).
Consider the CDs one by one. 1 means select one copy
and 2 means no (more) copies from the current choice.
E.g., 2221221222212 represents selecting CD 4,6,10
1211222222222 represents CD 1,two copies 2
Conversely, any selection can be represented by such
a sequence. The string has three 1’s and ten 2’s. The last
digit is always 2. The first 3+9 digits can be either 1 or 2. Therefore, total number 12C3.
This problem is equivalent to find the number of ways to
put r identical items (or tokens, to give another name) into
n different boxes.
This is easy to see. Associate an object with a box. Choosing a copy of a certain object is associated with
putting a token into the associated box.
E.g., selecting CD 3, two copies of CD 6 is associated with putting one token in box 3 and two tokens in box 6.
Let 0 denote a token. A string of r 0’s and (n-1) 1’s
models one assignment of r tokens into n boxes.
Consider the same example as before, with r=3 and n=10.
111011011110 represents putting one token each in
box 4,6 and10
010011111111 represents putting one token in
box 1, two in box 2
Therefore, total number 12C3.