Alternative way to prove nCr + 2nCr-1 + nCr-2 = n+2Cr (1 Viewer)

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Hi all, I'm a bit stuck on part ii) of this question. Part i) was easy enough, and I also know how to prove part ii) using Pascal's identity. But I can't see the link between part i) and part ii), which seems to be implied by the word "hence" in the question. Any ideas?

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Hi all, I'm a bit stuck on part ii) of this question. Part i) was easy enough, and I also know how to prove part ii) using Pascal's identity. But I can't see the link between part i) and part ii), which seems to be implied by the word "hence" in the question. Any ideas?

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From (i) expand the x^n and (1+ 1/x)^n into each other:



Equate the x^r terms from the RHS and the LHS.

For the LHS we get











Equating the coefficients to the x^r term of the RHS which is we get the solution

 

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From (i) expand the x^n and (1+ 1/x)^n into each other:



Equate the x^r terms from the RHS and the LHS.

For the LHS we get











Equating the coefficients to the x^r term of the RHS which is we get the solution

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Hi all, I'm a bit stuck on part ii) of this question. Part i) was easy enough, and I also know how to prove part ii) using Pascal's identity. But I can't see the link between part i) and part ii), which seems to be implied by the word "hence" in the question. Any ideas?

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You could also expand



and then select the term in , which is:



The term in on the RHS is



and so equating the coefficients of these terms gives



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