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Problem 25
Alice has 
apples. In how many ways can she share them with Becky and Chris so that each of the three people has at least two apples?
Solution 1
Using Stars and bars, and removing 
apples so each person can have 
, we get the total number of ways, which is 
, which is equal to 
. ~~SmileKat32
Solution 2
Let's say you assume that Alice has 2 apples. There are 19 ways to split the rest of the apples with Becky and Chris. If Alice has 3 apples, there are 18 ways to split the rest of the apples with Becky and Chris. If Alice has 4 apples, there are 17 ways to split the rest. So the total number of ways to split 24 apples between the three friends is equal to 19 + 18 + 17...…… + 1 = 20 (19/2) = 
~heeeeeeheeeeeee
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