2006 AMC 12A Problem 24
Problem 24 of 25HarderAlgebraNumber TheoryCounting & Probability
The expression
is simplified by expanding it and combining like terms. How many terms are in the simplified expression?
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Solution
A term survives only when is even, since terms with odd cancel between the two expansions.
For each even with the exponent ranges over values and is then determined. Summing over even the sum of the first odd positive integers, which is
Thus, the correct answer is D.