I am trying to derive an analytical formula for this problem.
I have 10 numbers (n=10) and I choose k from them (ranging from 1 to 10 at the end). Let k = 4 for this example's sake.
I want to find the probability that,
all the numbers are that I choose are different,
all the numbers that I choose are thesame,
and the other respective combinations ?
I think that the probability of choosing two distinct numbers, is
1) the probability of choosing a sequence like xx yy
2) the probability of choosing a sequence like xxx y
and the probability of choosing three distinct numbers should be given by
i know that these calculations have to be scaled by multiplying with the possible number of occurrences (combinations), but I'm a bit lost on how to continue!
I would also gladly accept and alternative methods to tackle this solution