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Could anyone help me with part ii of this question?

I finished part i and got 14. Im guessing part ii has something to do with using the 3+2x and maybe n=10 and some sort of sub for x. Part from that I'm lost.

Any help appreciated, thanks.

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Then letting x = 1 and then x = -1, you get:



Adding the 2, the terms with opposing signs cancel out, leaving:



Simplifying, you get the required result.




ps: my stoopid internet connection keeps dropping off! Hence taking so long to post above solution.
 
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Could anyone help me with part ii of this question?

I finished part i and got 14. Im guessing part ii has something to do with using the 3+2x and maybe n=10 and some sort of sub for x. Part from that I'm lost.

Any help appreciated, thanks.

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Pretty much bang on there. The other hint I would give is notice that you only see every second binomial coefficient. The first step to derive such a series is to substitute a value for x and then substitute the negative of that value.
 

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Pretty much bang on there. The other hint I would give is notice that you only see every second binomial coefficient. The first step to derive such a series is to substitute a value for x and then substitute the negative of that value.
Thank you.
 

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