If the coefficient of x 2 r is greater than half the coefficient of x 2 r + 1 in the expansion of ( 1 + x ) 1 5 , then find the sum of all possible integral values of r
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Why did you discard non-integer values of r?
Setting r = 2 1 3 , ( 1 3 1 5 ) > 2 1 ( 1 4 1 5 )
The problem does not specify that r must be an integer.
Shouldn't it be 2 1 5 in place of 2 7 ? :p
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First we note coefficient of x r in expansion of ( 1 + x ) n is ( r n ) .
According to the question: ( 2 r 1 5 ) > 2 1 ( 2 r + 1 1 5 ) ⟹ ( 1 5 − 2 r ) ! ( 2 r ) ! 1 5 ! > 2 ( 1 5 − 2 r − 1 ) ! ( 2 r + 1 ) ! 1 5 ! ⟹ 1 5 − 2 r 1 > 2 ( 2 r + 1 ) 1 ⟹ 2 r − 1 5 6 r − 1 3 < 0 ⟹ 6 1 3 < r < 2 1 5 Hence integral r=3,4,5,6,7.
∴ 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 = 2 5