SOLUTION: Dear math teacher,
I am having difficulties with the following problem:
(a)Find n; (b) n cannot equal to .... integers.
(n+2)Cn = 45
(n+2)(n+1)n!/(2.1)n! = 45 and after
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-> SOLUTION: Dear math teacher,
I am having difficulties with the following problem:
(a)Find n; (b) n cannot equal to .... integers.
(n+2)Cn = 45
(n+2)(n+1)n!/(2.1)n! = 45 and after
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Question 476093: Dear math teacher,
I am having difficulties with the following problem:
(a)Find n; (b) n cannot equal to .... integers.
(n+2)Cn = 45
(n+2)(n+1)n!/(2.1)n! = 45 and after canceling n! we get
(n+2)(n+1) = 90
n^2 + 3n - 88 = 0
(n+11)(n-8) = 0
n = -11 and n = 8
My answer for (a) is n = 8 only since factorial is not defined for negative numbers. For (b), our n cannot equal -11 and zero since n was canceled out above. Please let me know if my reasoning is correct.
Thank you very much.
I. Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You are correct. Good job. You can verify this by plugging in n=8 and evaluating (n+2) C n to get
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