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Grade 11Algebra

... prove that coc2 + c1c3+......cn-2cn = (2n)!/[(n-2)!(n+2)!]

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8 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Ritesh Khatri
8 Years ago
coc2 + c1c3+......cn-2cn
can be written as
cocn-2 + c1cn-3+......cn-2c0
which is coeff of xn-2 in (1+x)n(1+x)n
that is coeff of xn-2 in (1+x)2n
= 2nCn-2