Statement 1: The number of ways of distributing 10 identical balls in 4 distinct boxes such that no box is empty is  9C3.Statement 2: The number of ways of choosing any 3 places from 9 different places is  9C3.

Number of ways to distribute 10 identical balls in four distinct boxes such that no box remains empty=10−1C4−1=9C3Number of ways to select 3 different places from 9 places = 9C3.Clearly statement-2 is not a correct explanation of statement-1.