Learn how Pascal's triangle of binomial coefficients
works:
If we add any two numbers which are side by side, we
will always get the number which is between and below
them:
0C0=1
1C0=1 1C1=1
2C0=1 2C1=2 2C2=1
3C0=1 3C1=3 3C2=3 3C3=1
4C0=1 4C1=4 4C2=6 4C3=4 4C4=1
2C1 + 2C2 + 3C2
Add just the first two:
If we add 2C1=2 and 2C2=1, they are side by side, so we
get the number between and below them which is 3C2=3.
Then if we add 3C2 to that we get 2(3C2)=6.
Then we notice that 4C2 also = 6, and 4C2 is a single
binomial coefficient, so the answer is 4C2.
Edwin