Product of Binomials with knowledge on total number of trials

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Suppose that we have two Binomial Likelihood functions, i.e.

$$L_{1} = \binom{N}{x}p^{x}(1-p)^{N-x}$$

$$L_{2} = \binom{M}{y}p^{y}(1-p)^{N-y}$$

The total likelihood is the product of those two likelihood functions

$$L_{total}= L_{1}\times L_{2} =\binom{N}{x}p^{x}(1-p)^{N-x} \binom{M}{y}p^{y}(1-p)^{N-y}$$ $$=\binom{N}{x}\binom{M}{y}p^{x+y}(1-p)^{(N+M)-(x+y)}$$

We also have knowledge of the number of counts $x$ and $y$ and the sum $N+M$. However, we do not know the values of $N$ and $M$ individually in order to be able to calculate the binomial coefficients $\binom{N}{x}$ and $\binom{M}{y}$.

Is there a way to tackle this problem, of the absence of knowledge of $N$ and $M$, in order to be able to use the likelihood function $L_{total}$?

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Unfortunately $L_{total}$ you seek is not independent of exact values of $M$ and $N$. You can check this easily by plugging in some values.

Case 1: $M=5$, $N=5$, $p=0.5$, $x=2$, $y=3$

Result: $L_1 = 0.3125, L_2= 0.3125, L_{total} = 0.09765625$

Case 2: $M=2$, $N=8$, $p=0.5$, $x=2$, $y=3$

Result: $L_1 = 0.25, L_2= 0.21875, L_{total} = 0.0546875$