Rules of Combination
Important Formulas
• 𝑛
𝐶𝑟 +𝑛 𝐶𝑟+1 =𝑛+1 𝐶𝑟+1 (5)
𝑛𝐶 𝑛−𝑟+1
• 𝑛𝐶
𝑟
= (6)
𝑟−1 𝑟
Solutions
𝑛𝐶 7
[Link] 𝑛𝐶7 = 9, find 𝑛.
9
𝑛
𝐶7 7
𝑛𝐶
=
9 9
7( 𝐶9 ) = 9(𝑛 𝐶7 )
𝑛
7 ×𝑛 𝐶9 = 9 ×𝑛 𝐶7 ÷ 𝑛𝐶8
8 𝑛−9+1
7× =9×
𝑛−8+1 9
56
=𝑛−8
𝑛−7
56 = (𝑛 − 7)(𝑛 − 8)
56 = 𝑛2 − 15𝑛 + 56
0 = 𝑛2 − 15𝑛
0 = 𝑛(𝑛 − 15)
Therefore, 𝑛 = 15 or 𝑛 = 0 (rejected)
𝑛 𝐶 +𝑛 𝐶 𝑛+1𝐶4
[Link] 4
𝑛+1 𝐶
3
= = 1, then
3 𝑛+1𝐶3
𝑛+1=3+4
𝑛=6
|6 − 6 = 1
72 .The expression: 𝑛 𝐶𝑟 +𝑛 𝐶𝑟+1 =𝑛+1 𝐶𝑟+1
73 .The expression: [ 𝑛 + 1𝐶3 + 𝑛 + 1𝐶2 ] + [ 𝑛 + 1𝐶2 + 𝑛 + 1𝐶1 ]
𝑛 + 2𝐶3 + 𝑛 + 2𝐶2
𝑛 + 3𝐶3
9𝐶
74. If 9 𝐶𝑟
< 1, then 𝑟 > 5
𝑟−1
9
𝐶𝑟
9𝐶
<1
𝑟−1
9−𝑟+1
<1
𝑟
10 − 𝑟
<1
𝑟
10 − 𝑟 < 𝑟
10 < 2𝑟
5<𝑟