JEE Main & Advanced Sample Paper JEE Main Sample Paper-14

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    Let \[n>3\]. The expression \[p{{q}^{n}}{{C}_{0}}-(p-1)\,(q-1){{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{1}}+(p-2)\,(q-2){{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{2}}-\,(p-3)\]\[(q-3){{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{3}}+...+{{(-1)}^{n}}\,(p-n)\,(q-n){{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{n}}\], when simplified reduces to

    A)  \[npq\]                                               

    B)  \[pq\]

    C)  \[{{2}^{n}}pq\]                

    D)  0

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

     We have, \[p{{q}^{n}}{{C}_{0}}-(p-1)\,(q-1){{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{1}}+\,(p-2)\,\,(q-2){{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{2}}\] \[-(p-3)\,(q-3){{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{3}}+...\] \[+{{(-1)}^{n}}\,(p-n)\,(q-n){{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{n}}\] \[=\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n}{{{(-1)}^{k}}\,(p-k)\,(q-k){{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{k}}}\] \[=\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n}{{{(-1)}^{k}}\,\{pq-\,(p+q)\,k+{{k}^{2}})\cdot {{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{k}}}\] \[=pq\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n}{{{(-1)}^{k}}{{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{k}}-(p+q)\,\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n}{{{(-1)}^{k}}k\cdot {{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{k}}}}\] \[=\,\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n}{{{(-1)}^{k}}\,{{k}^{2}}\cdot {{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{k}}}\] = 0 \[[\because \,\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n}{{{(-1)}^{k}}{{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{k}}=0=\,\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n}{{{(-1)}^{k}}\,k{{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{k}}}}\] \[=\,\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n}{{{(-1)}^{k}}\,{{k}^{2}}{{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{k}}]}\]


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