
ADVANCED EXERCISES - Expanding Binomials
(1) Use the Binomial Theorem to show that
n
+
n
+
n
+ ... +
n
+
n
= 2n .
0
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1
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2
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n-1
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n
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(2) Use the Binomial Theorem to show that
n
-
n
+
n
- ... + (-1)k
n
+ ... + (-1)n
n
= 0 .
0
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1
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2
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k
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n
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(3) Use the Binomial Coefficient Formula and 0! = 1 to prove the following identities:
(i)
n
= 1 .
0
(ii)
n
= n .
1
(iii)
n
=
n
for 0
r
n .
r
n-r
