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Combinatorial problem

Asked by arni_richard in Math & Science Questions

Tags: combinatorial, problem, balls, solve


Hi everyone!

I have a fun problem in combinatorics to solve. I am searching for an analytical formula for the answer. Right now I use a recursive function to solve it.

A bowl contains N balls of each of L different colors (NxL balls in total). You pick M <= NxL balls without replacement. What is the probability of having picked K balls of the same color, but less of the others?

If someone can give me reference to discussion of this problem, I'ld be glad.

Best regards,
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