What are the numbers of ways in which 5 similar balls will be put in 4 distinct baskets when the first basket has 0 balls?

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Solution

The correct option is B 21
0 balls are going to basket A. hence we will consider the distribution only in the remaining 3 baskets

B+C+D = 5

Total = $^{7} C_{2} = 21$

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