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6.09 Pascal's triangle and binomial expansion

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The 4th row of Pascal’s triangle consists of the numbers $1,4,6,4,1$1,4,6,4,1. Write down the numbers in the 5th row of Pascal’s triangle in the correct order.

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Find the sum of the entries in the $5$5th row of Pascal’s triangle.

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You are given some of the entries in a particular row of Pascal’s triangle. Fill in the missing entries.

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Which row of Pascal’s triangle would give us the coefficients of terms in the expansion of $\left(x+y\right)^7$(x+y)7?

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Outcomes

1.3.3

expand (x+y)^n for small positive integers n

1.3.4

recognise the numbers columnvector(nr) as binomial coefficients, (as coefficients in the expansion of (x+y)^n)

1.3.5

use Pascal’s triangle and its properties

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