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Dividing five objects between two people
Five distinct objects are to be divided between two persons, each person receiving at least one object. In how many ways can this be done?
H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight, Higher Algebra (1891) · Ch. XI. Permutations and Combinations, Examples XI.b, No. 10
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