In how many ways can $15$ identical blankets be distributed among $6$ beggars such that everyone gets at least one blanket and two particular beggars get equal blankets and another three particular beggars get equal blankets.
Attempt:
First, $6$ blankets are given and then $9$ blankets are left. After that, according to me there are only two possibilities:
- Possibility $1$:
First set of particular beggars receives: $(3,3)$
Second set of particular beggars receives: $(1,1,1)$
- Possibility $2$:
First set of particular beggars receives: $(0,0)$
Second set of particular beggars receives: $(3,3,3)$
However answer given is $12$.
Please tell me my mistake.
$(0,0),(3,3,3),(0)$
$(0,0),(2,2,2),(3)$
$(0,0),(1,1,1),(6)$
$(0,0),(0,0,0),(9)$
$(1,1),(2,2,2),(1)$
$(1,1),(1,1,1),(4)$
$(1,1),(0,0,0),(7)$
$(2,2),(0,0,0),(5)$
$(2,2),(1,1,1),(2)$
$(3,3),(0,0,0),(3)$
$(3,3),(1,1,1),(0)$
$(4,4),(0,0,0),(1)$