//Chapter 06: Counting clc; clear; function result=combination(n,r) //function definition i=n num=1 denominator=1 l=(n-r)+1 u=n for i=l:u //to compute the value of the numerator num=num*i end for j=1:r //to compute the value of the denominator denominator=denominator*j end result=num/denominator return result endfunction num1=input("Enter the number of indistinguishable bins:") num2=input("Enter the number of distinguishable bins:") //Using formula C(n+r-1,n-l) we obtain comb=combination(num2+num1-1,num2-1) mprintf("There are %d number of ways to place %d objects into %d distinguishable boxes",comb,num1,num2)