Find the number of integer solutions

Find the number of integer solutions x1+x2+x3=20 with x1≥0 x2≥1 x3≥1
is this C(20,2)?
Thank you.

How did you get that result?

Take y2 = x2 - 1 and y3 = x3 - 1

Rephrase to x1 + (y2 + 1) + (y3 + 1) = 20 or x1 + y2 + y3 = 18

And out pops C(18+2,2). I think you have it!

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Originally Posted by tinabaker

Find the number of integer solutions x1+x2+x3=20 with x1≥0 x2≥1 x3≥1
is this C(20,2)?

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The number of way to put N 1's into K variables is .
If we want we can think of putting a 1 into each of those two variables.
So is the answer

thank you for your help :)

If you require all x's to be 0 or greater, the equation is ((N-1)C(K-1)).