Practice - Category 2 of Combinations
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Practice Questions
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What is a combinatorial proof?
💡 Hint: Think about counting in different ways.
State Pascal's Identity.
💡 Hint: Look for the connection with combinations.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does a combinatorial proof primarily focus on?
💡 Hint: Focus on the concept rather than the operations.
Is it true that Pascal's Identity can be expressed as \( \binom{n+1}{k} = \binom{n}{k} + \binom{n}{k-1} \)?
💡 Hint: Remember how these combinations relate to each other.
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Challenge Problems
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Prove that \( \binom{n}{k} + \binom{n}{k-1} = \binom{n+1}{k} \) using combinatorial reasoning.
💡 Hint: Categorize into includes or excludes.
Provide a combinatorial proof for the identity \( \binom{n}{k} = \binom{n}{n-k} \) and explain its significance.
💡 Hint: Think about what both sides count.
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