Question

the number of ways in which 30marks can be alloted to 8 queations if each question carries atleast 2 marks .....?

Answer 1

is there a constraint about the maximum mark to be allocated?

Answer 2

30

Answer 3

yeah.............30 marks had to be allocated to 8 questions ....

Answer 4

actully this question is based on permutation & combination ?

Answer 5

doesnt seem too hard

Answer 6

ok so we have 30 marks , but we have the constraint that each question must have atleast 2 marks, that is 8 x 2 =16marks are already allocated before we do anything.

So we have 14marks with which to distribute them about 8 questions. ie. 14C8 = 3003ways