Question

A croissant shop has plain croissants, cherry croissants, chocolate croissants, almond croissants, apple croissants, and broccoli croissants. How many ways are there to choose 26 croissants with at least one plain croissant, at least two cherry croissants, at least three chocolate croissants, at least one almond croissant, at least two apple croissants, and no more than three broccoli croissants

Answer 1

27405

Explanation:

There are 6 different variants available for each croissant. There are 26 croissants in all out of which 1 is plain. We use combination and permutation technique to identify different ways to choose croissant.

[5 + 26 - 1 ] 26 = 30C26 = 27405.