Question

We have 9 balls, numbered 1 through 9, and 27 bins. How many different ways are there to distribute these 9 balls among the 27 bins? Assume the bins are distinguishable (e.g., numbered 1 through 27).

Answer 1

7625597484987 ways

Explanation:

Given the following :

Number of ball(k) = 9

Number of bins (n) = 27

How many different ways are there to distribute these 9 balls among the 27 bins.

Here, the balls have different labels (1 to 9)

The bins are also distinguishable, therefore each ball can go into any of the 27 distinct bins.

Therefore, the different ways are there to distribute these 9 balls among the 27 bins equals = n^k

27^9 = 7625597484987 ways.