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a) If n and r are positive integers with n ≥ r, how many solutions are there tox1+ x2 …+ x...

a) If n and r are positive integers with n r, how many solutions are there to

x1+ x2 …+ xr = n,

where each xi is a positive integer, for 1 ≤ i r?


b) In how many ways can a positive integer n be written as a sum of r positive integer summands (1 ≤rn) if the order of the summands is relevant?

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