How do you expand (r+3)^5(r+3)5 using Pascal’s Triangle?

1 Answer
Jul 9, 2018

See below

Explanation:

Look at 5th row in Pascal' triangle (1, 5, 10, etc)
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Then the Binomial theorem applyed to this case

(r+3)^5=1·r^5·3^0+5·r^4·3+10·r^3·3^2+10·r^2·3^3+5·r^1·3^4+1·r^0·3^5=r^5+15r^4+90r^3+90r^2+135r+243(r+3)5=1r530+5r43+10r332+10r233+5r134+1r035=r5+15r4+90r3+90r2+135r+243