document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=115186>Question 115186</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" src=\"http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/9376/mathoe0.png\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #83821 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=83821\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28n%2B1%29%5Ek-n%5Ek ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28n%2B1%29%5Ek-n%5Ek\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Start with the given expression\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE (n^k+kn^{k-1}+\frac{k(k-1)}{2}n^{k-2}*1^2\ldots 1^k) -n^k\"> Expand <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28n%2B1%29%5Ek ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28n%2B1%29%5Ek\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > using the Binomial Theorem\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE (kn^{k-1}+\frac{k(k-1)}{2}n^{k-2}*1^2\ldots 1^k)+ n^k-n^k\"> Group like terms\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Notice the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=n%5Ek ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"n%5Ek\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > terms cancel out since <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=n%5Ek-n%5Ek=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"n%5Ek-n%5Ek=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. So we're left with \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE kn^{k-1}+\frac{k(k-1)}{2}n^{n-2}*1^2\ldots 1^k\"> \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now the term with the highest exponent value is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=kn%5E%28k-1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"kn%5E%28k-1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. So this means that the degree of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28n%2B1%29%5Ek-n%5Ek ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28n%2B1%29%5Ek-n%5Ek\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=k-1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"k-1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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