Math 2602
B1,B2
Homework #6
Not Collected - for discussion
only
(a) Find the generating function
for the numbers of ways to make selections with replacement
from a set
of 5 objects (when the order of the selections is not considered) and
i)
The first object is obtained at least twice.
ii)
The first object is obtained at most twice.
iii) No object is obtained more
than 6 times.
(b) Find the coefficient of x20
(which gives the number of ways to make 20 selections) in each of
the
generating functions in (a).