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What is the sum of the seven terms of the geometric series 2- 8+32-...?

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egoroff_w [7]2 years ago

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The first term is 2 and the common ratio = -8/2 = -4

S7 = 2 * (-4)^7 - 1
------------- = 6554 answer
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(a) $C(6,0) = 1$ , $C(6,1) = 6$ , $C(6,2) = 15$ , $C(6,3) = 20$ , $C(6,4) = 15$ , $C(6,5) = 6$ , $C(6,6) = 1$ .

(b) $C(7,0) = 1$ , $C(7,1) = 7$ , $C(7,2) = 21$ , $C(7,3) = 35$ , $C(7,4) = 35$ , $C(7,5) = 21$ , $C(7,6) = 7$ , $C(7,7)=1$ .

Step-by-step explanation:

In this exercise we only need to recall the formula for C(n,k):

$C(n,k) = \frac{n!}{k!(n-k)!}$

where the symbol $n!$ is the factorial and means

$n! = 1\cdot 2\cdot 3\cdot 4\cdtos (n-1)\cdot n$ .

By convention 0!=1. The most important property of the factorial is $n!=(n-1)!\cdot n$ , for example 3!=1*2*3=6.

(a) The explanations to the solutions is just the calculations.

$C(6,0) = \frac{6!}{0!(6-0)!} = \frac{6!}{6!} = 1$

$C(6,1) = \frac{6!}{1!(6-1)!} = \frac{6!}{5!} = \frac{5!\cdot 6}{5!} = 6$

$C(6,2) = \frac{6!}{2!(6-2)!} = \frac{6!}{2\cdot 4!} = \frac{5!\cdot 6}{2\cdot 4!} = \frac{4!\cdot 5\cdot 6}{2\cdot 4!} = \frac{5\cdot 6}{2} = 15$

$C(6,3) = \frac{6!}{3!(6-3)!} = \frac{6!}{3!\cdot 3!} = \frac{5!\cdot 6}{6\cdot 6} = \frac{5!}{6} = \frac{120}{6} = 20$

$C(6,4) = \frac{6!}{4!(6-4)!} = \frac{6!}{4!\cdot 2!} = frac{5!\cdot 6}{2\cdot 4!} = \frac{4!\cdot 5\cdot 6}{2\cdot 4!} = \frac{5\cdot 6}{2} = 15$

$C(6,5) = \frac{6!}{5!(6-5)!} = \frac{6!}{5!} = \frac{5!\cdot 6}{5!} = 6$

$C(6,6) = \frac{6!}{6!(6-6)!} = \frac{6!}{6!} = 1$ .

(b) The explanations to the solutions is just the calculations.

$C(7,0) = \frac{7!}{0!(7-0)!} = \frac{7!}{7!} = 1$

$C(7,1) = \frac{7!}{1!(7-1)!} = \frac{7!}{6!} = \frac{6!\cdot 7}{6!} = 7$

$C(7,2) = \frac{7!}{2!(7-2)!} = \frac{7!}{2\cdot 5!} = \frac{6!\cdot 7}{2\cdot 5!} = \frac{5!\cdot 6\cdot 7}{2\cdot 5!} = \frac{6\cdot 7}{2} = 21$

$C(7,3) = \frac{7!}{3!(7-3)!} = \frac{7!}{3!\cdot 4!} = \frac{6!\cdot 7}{6\cdot 4!} = \frac{5!\cdot 6\cdot 7}{6\cdot 4!} = \frac{120\cdot 7}{24} = 35$