Row\Col B C D E F 2 Balls Bins 3 20 4 4 # Arrangements 5 969 6 7 Arr # Bin 1 Bin 2 Bin 3 Bin 4 8 1 17 1 1 1 9 2 16 2 1 1 10 3 16 1 2 1 11 4 16 1 1 2 12 5 15 3 1 1 13 6 15 2 2 1 14 7 15 2 1 2 15 8 15 1 3 1 16 9 15 1 2 2 17 10 15 1 1 3 18 11 14 4 1 1 19 12 14 3 2 1 20 13 14 3 1 2
See the workbook at https://app.box.com/s/d6mo50rxjiipx01xj9sv15soh8rna8nd
The genesis of the formula is this:
Imagine N balls in a row. You can insert a divider between any two adjacent balls to partition them into bins. To create M bins, you need M-1 dividers, and there are N-1 slots to choose from. So =COMBIN(N-1, M-1) gives the number of arrangements.
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