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In an examination of Mathematics paper, there are 20 questions of equal marks and the question paper is divided into three sections : and . A student is required to attempt total 15 questions taking at least 4 questions from each section. If section has 8 questions, section has 6 questions and section has 6 questions, then the total number of ways a student can select 15 questions is .
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Let the number of questions selected from sections be respectively.
Then with constraints:
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Since each section must contribute at least questions, put where
Then
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Also, because section sizes are limited:
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Now find all nonnegative integer solutions of satisfying and .
The possible are:
Hence corresponding are:
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For each distribution, count the number of ways:
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For :
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For :
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For :
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For :
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For :
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For :
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For :
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For :
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Add all these values:
Therefore, the total number of ways is
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