Cristian Vera presented lesson 9.5: Binomial Theorem and Expansion.
When you write out the coefficients for a binomial that is raised to a power, you are expanding a binomial. There are two methods of expansion, both of which provide binomial coefficients. The first is Binomial Theorem, which states that in the expansion of
(x + y)^n: (x + y) ^n = x^n + (nx^n-1)y +...+ (n)C(r) (x^n-r)y^r +...+ nxy^n-1 + y^n.The coefficient of (x^n-r)y^r is given by a procedure known as combination: (n)C(r) = n! / (n-r)!r!. The second is Pascal's Triangle, in which the first andlast number in each row is 1. Every other number in each row is formed by adding the two numbers immediately above the number. A basic illustration of Pascal's triangle is:
your expansion was really hard but you did a good job!
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