One sunny afternoon, Mrs. Cuddleworthy was sitting in the shade of a tree on a small hill in the Rolling Hills Village Park observing children play below her. She had a basket of fruits which contained four apples, three oranges, two pears and a plum.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Cuddleworthy was in doubt about how to distribute these fruits to two imp-faced youngsters \u2013 a boy and a girl \u2013 who had climbed up to her with eager eyes attracted by the fruit basket decorated with a red cloth.<\/p>\n
I wonder in how many ways could I distribute the fruits to these two little urchins? \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n After some moments of confused thought, Mrs. Cuddleworthy decided to hand out the fruits in a random manner. Later she would ask her son Leonard to work out the answer to her puzzle.<\/p>\n What would you say are the number of ways Mrs. Cuddleworthy could hand out the fruits, ensuring that none of the children would receive nothing?<\/em><\/p>\nShare this:<\/h3>