Exam Question : Usage of Binomial Formula

Harry – a vivd reader of askalwayslovely.blogspot.com sent me an email asking about solving of the following question. He did it using trial and error. I believe it will take him some time. He felt that his approach was not the best so he emailed me asking for alternatives.

In fact for this question, there is a step by step way which will get us the answer in less than 8 minutes time.

Question: If the coefficient of x^k and x^(k+1) in the expansion of (2x+3)^19 are equal, find k

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  1. [...] to use the Binomial formula provided on the formula sheet?  (term by term expansion, (r+1)th general term, factorial [...]

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