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JEE Advanced 2026Paper 1
Exam
JEE Advanced
Year
2026
Paper
Paper 1
Subject
Mathematics
Chapter
Permutation and Combination

JEE Advanced 2026 · Paper 1 · Mathematics · Permutation and Combination

The number of ways to distribute 10 identical red pens and 14...

The number of ways to distribute 1010 identical red pens and 1414 identical blue pens among four persons such that each person gets 66 pens, is _____________.

Correct answer

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Step-by-step solution

Let rir_i and bib_i be the number of red and blue pens given to the ii-th person, where i=1,2,3,4i = 1, 2, 3, 4.

Given that each person receives exactly 66 pens, we have:
ri+bi=6⇒bi=6−rir_i + b_i = 6 \Rightarrow b_i = 6 - r_i

Since the number of blue pens must be non-negative (bi≥0b_i \ge 0), we get ri≤6r_i \le 6. Also, ri≥0r_i \ge 0.

The total number of red pens is 1010, so:
r1+r2+r3+r4=10r_1 + r_2 + r_3 + r_4 = 10

The number of ways to distribute the pens is the number of non-negative integer solutions to this equation subject to 0≤ri≤60 \le r_i \le 6.

This is equivalent to finding the coefficient of x10x^{10} in the expansion of (1+x+x2+⋯+x6)4(1 + x + x^2 + \dots + x^6)^4.

(1+x+x2+⋯+x6)4=(1−x71−x)4=(1−x7)4(1−x)−4(1 + x + x^2 + \dots + x^6)^4 = \left( \dfrac{1 - x^7}{1 - x} \right)^4 = (1 - x^7)^4 (1 - x)^{-4}

Expanding both terms:
(1−x7)4=1−4x7+6x14−…(1 - x^7)^4 = 1 - 4x^7 + 6x^{14} - \dots
(1−x)−4=∑k=0∞k+3C3xk(1 - x)^{-4} = \sum_{k=0}^{\infty} {}^{k+3}C_{3} x^k

We need the coefficient of x10x^{10} in the product (1−4x7+… )∑k=0∞k+3C3xk(1 - 4x^7 + \dots) \sum_{k=0}^{\infty} {}^{k+3}C_{3} x^k.

Coefficient of x10=1×(coefficient of x10 in (1−x)−4)−4×(coefficient of x3 in (1−x)−4)x^{10} = 1 \times (\text{coefficient of } x^{10} \text{ in } (1-x)^{-4}) - 4 \times (\text{coefficient of } x^3 \text{ in } (1-x)^{-4})

=10+3C3−4×3+3C3= {}^{10+3}C_{3} - 4 \times {}^{3+3}C_{3}

=13C3−4×6C3= {}^{13}C_{3} - 4 \times {}^{6}C_{3}

=13×12×113×2×1−4×6×5×43×2×1= \dfrac{13 \times 12 \times 11}{3 \times 2 \times 1} - 4 \times \dfrac{6 \times 5 \times 4}{3 \times 2 \times 1}

=286−4×20= 286 - 4 \times 20

=286−80=206= 286 - 80 = 206

Answer: 206206
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