Question 14 Marks
The sum of the series
$2 \times 1 \times{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{4}-3 \times 2 \times{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{5}+4 \times 3 \times{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{6}-5 \times 4 \times$ ${ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{7}+\ldots+18 \times 17 \times{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{20}$, is equal to __________ .
$2 \times 1 \times{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{4}-3 \times 2 \times{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{5}+4 \times 3 \times{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{6}-5 \times 4 \times$ ${ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{7}+\ldots+18 \times 17 \times{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{20}$, is equal to __________ .
Answer
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$(1-\mathrm{x})^{20}={ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{0}-{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{1} \mathrm{x}+{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{2} \mathrm{x}^{2} \ldots . .+{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{20} \mathrm{x}^{20}$
$\frac{(1-\mathrm{x})^{20}}{\mathrm{x}^{2}}=\frac{{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{0}}{\mathrm{x}^{2}}-\frac{{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{1}}{\mathrm{x}}+{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{2}-{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{3} \mathrm{x}+{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{4} \mathrm{x}^{2} \ldots$.
Diff twice and put $\mathrm{x}=1$
$=6-{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{1}(2)+\mathrm{A}$
$\mathrm{A}=40-6=34$
$(1-\mathrm{x})^{20}={ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{0}-{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{1} \mathrm{x}+{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{2} \mathrm{x}^{2} \ldots . .+{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{20} \mathrm{x}^{20}$
$\frac{(1-\mathrm{x})^{20}}{\mathrm{x}^{2}}=\frac{{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{0}}{\mathrm{x}^{2}}-\frac{{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{1}}{\mathrm{x}}+{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{2}-{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{3} \mathrm{x}+{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{4} \mathrm{x}^{2} \ldots$.
Diff twice and put $\mathrm{x}=1$
$=6-{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{1}(2)+\mathrm{A}$
$\mathrm{A}=40-6=34$