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`n` different toys have to be distributed among `n` children. Find the number of ways in which these toys can be distributed so that exactly one child gets no toy.

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If exactly one child gets no toy, then exactly one child must get two toys and rest (n-2) gets one toy each.
The division tree is as shown in the following figure.

The number of ways of division in the groups as shown in the figure is `(n!)/(0!2!(1!)^(n-2)(n-2)!)=(n!)/(2!(n-2)!)= .^(n)C_(2)`
The number of ways of distribution of these n groups among n children is n!. Then, the total number of ways of distributions is `. ^(n)C_(2)xxn!`.
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