Question 1184312
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The second one is trivial; only the expansion of the last term in the sum contains an x^10 term, and the coefficient of that term is clearly 1.<br>
(B) ANSWER: 1<br>
In the first one, there is no x^10 term until we get to (1+x)^10.  Then the coefficients of the x^10 terms in the expansion of the remaining terms in the given sum are...<br>
(1+x)^10: C(10,10)
(1+x)^11: C(11,10)
(1+x)^12: C(12,10)
...
(1+x)^20: C(20,10)<br>
The coefficient of the x^10 term in the sum is then found using the "hockey stick" equation for Pascal's Triangle:<br>
C(10,10)+C(11,10)+C(12,10)+...+C(20,10) = C(21,11)<br>
ANSWER: C(21,11) (which is the same as C(21,10))<br>