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Find the value of n if the coefficients of the sixth and sixteenth terms in the expansion of (a+b)ⁿ are equal.
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6 steps: Find the value of if the coefficients of the sixth and sixteenth terms in the expansion of are equal.
Identify the coefficients.
The coefficient of the -th term in is .
For the sixth term, , so the coefficient is .
For the sixteenth term, , so the coefficient is .Set the coefficients equal and solve for .
Given .
Using the property or .
Since , we must have .The value of is .
: Expand the following: .
Group terms and apply the binomial expansion.
Let . Then the expression is .
Substitute back into the expansion.
Expand and .
Substitute these expansions and simplify.
The expansion is .
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