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Standard XII
Mathematics
Greatest Binomial Coefficients
If n is a p...
Question
If
n
is a positive integer, prove that
n
∑
r
=
1
r
3
(
n
C
r
n
C
r
−
1
)
2
=
n
(
n
+
1
)
2
(
n
+
2
)
12
.
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Solution
n
C
r
=
n
!
(
n
−
r
)
!
.
r
!
=
(
n
−
(
r
−
1
)
)
n
!
(
n
−
(
r
−
1
)
)
(
n
−
r
)
!
.
(
r
−
1
)
!
.
r
=
(
n
−
(
r
−
1
)
)
n
!
(
n
−
(
r
−
1
)
!
)
(
r
−
1
)
!
.
r
=
n
−
(
r
−
1
)
r
n
C
r
−
1
Hence,
n
C
r
n
C
r
−
1
=
n
+
1
−
r
r
Hence,
(
n
C
r
n
C
r
−
1
)
2
=
(
n
+
1
−
r
)
2
r
2
r
3
(
n
C
r
n
C
r
−
1
)
2
=
r
(
n
+
1
−
r
)
2
=
r
[
(
n
+
1
)
2
−
2
r
(
n
+
1
)
+
r
2
]
=
r
(
n
+
1
)
2
−
2
r
2
(
n
+
1
)
+
r
3
∑
r
3
(
n
C
r
n
C
r
−
1
)
2
=
∑
r
(
n
+
1
)
2
−
2
r
2
(
n
+
1
)
+
r
3
=
(
n
+
1
)
2
∑
r
−
2
(
n
+
1
)
∑
r
2
+
∑
r
3
=
(
n
+
1
)
2
(
n
(
n
+
1
)
2
)
−
(
2
(
n
+
1
)
)
(
n
(
n
+
1
)
(
2
n
+
1
)
6
)
+
n
2
(
n
+
1
)
2
4
=
n
(
n
+
1
)
3
2
−
2
n
(
n
+
1
)
2
(
2
n
+
1
)
6
+
n
2
(
n
+
1
)
2
4
=
n
(
n
+
1
)
2
2
[
(
n
+
1
)
−
2
(
2
n
+
1
)
3
+
n
2
]
=
n
(
n
+
1
)
2
2
[
6
n
+
6
−
8
n
−
4
+
3
n
6
]
=
n
(
n
+
1
)
2
2
[
n
+
2
6
]
=
n
(
n
+
1
)
2
(
n
+
2
)
12
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If
n
is positive integer and
k
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n
, then show
n
∑
k
=
1
k
3
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n
C
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n
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3
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.
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