In the expansion of , the coefficient of is . What is ?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: E.

  1. Step 1: The coefficient of is .
  2. Step 2: Setting this equal to gives , so .
Answer
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Why not the others: and , so and do not give ; and are the values on the two sides of the equation, not .

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