4. (a) Twelve balls are distributed at random among three boxes. What is the probability that the first box will contain 3 balls? (b) If n biscuits be distributed among N persons, find the chance that a particular person receives r (
4. (a) Twelve balls are distributed at random among three boxes. What is the probability that the first box will contain 3 balls? (b) If n biscuits be distributed among N persons, find the chance that a particular person receives r (
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the probability that the first box will contain 3 balls?
(b) If n biscuits be distributed among N persons, find the chance that a particular person
receives r (<n) biscuits.
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