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If $n > 2$ , then
$C_{1} {(a - 1)}^{2} - C_{2} {(a - 2)}^{2} + C_{3} {(a - 3)}^{2} + . . . . . . . + {(- 1)}^{n} C_{n} {(a - n)}^{2}$ is equal to

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n a

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a^{2}

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a^{2} - 2

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Solution

The correct option is D $a^{2}$
The given expression can be written as
$\sum_{k = 1}^{n} {(- 1)}^{k - 1} C_{k} {(a - k)}^{2}$
$= \sum_{k = 1}^{n} {(- 1)}^{k - 1} C_{k} (a^{2} - 2 a k - k^{2})$
$= a^{2} \sum_{k = 1}^{n} {(- 1)}^{k - 1} C_{k} - 2 a \sum_{k = 1}^{n} {(- 1)}^{k - 1} k C_{k} + \sum_{k = 1}^{n} {(- 1)}^{k - 1} k^{2} C_{k} . . . . . . . . (1)$
But
$\sum_{k = 1}^{n} {(- 1)}^{k - 1} C_{k} - \sum_{k = 1}^{n} {(- 1)}^{1} C_{k} = 1 - 0 = 1$
$\sum_{k = 1}^{n} {(- 1)}^{k - 1} C_{k} = - \sum_{k = 1}^{n} {(- 1)}^{k} k C_{k} = 0$
and
$\sum_{k = 1}^{n} {(- 1)}^{k - 1} k^{2} C_{k} = - \sum_{k = 1}^{n} {(- 1)}^{k} k^{2} C_{k} = 0$
Substituting these in $(1)$ , we get
$\sum_{k = 1}^{n} {(- 1)}^{k - 1} C_{k} {(a - k)}^{2} = a^{2}$

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