Turkey TST 1992 - P5: m balls n boxes
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March 13, 2011
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Problem Statement
There are boxes which is numbere from to . The box with number is open, and the others are closed. There are identical balls (). One of the balls is put into the open box, then we open the box with number . Now, we put another ball to one of two open boxes, then we open the box with number . Go on until the last box will be open. After that the remaining balls will be randomly put into the boxes. In how many ways this arrangement can be done?