If $C(16,r) = C(16,r+2)$, then find $r$. Explain how you know.












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If $C(16,r) = C(16,r+2)$, then find $r$. Explain how you know.




Just started dealing with combinations and permutations rights now and came across this study problem. I've converted each side into their combination formula forms, but I'm not sure where to go from there(or even if that's what I should be doing). Any help with this or at least where I should start?






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    If $C(16,r) = C(16,r+2)$, then find $r$. Explain how you know.




    Just started dealing with combinations and permutations rights now and came across this study problem. I've converted each side into their combination formula forms, but I'm not sure where to go from there(or even if that's what I should be doing). Any help with this or at least where I should start?






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      If $C(16,r) = C(16,r+2)$, then find $r$. Explain how you know.




      Just started dealing with combinations and permutations rights now and came across this study problem. I've converted each side into their combination formula forms, but I'm not sure where to go from there(or even if that's what I should be doing). Any help with this or at least where I should start?






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      If $C(16,r) = C(16,r+2)$, then find $r$. Explain how you know.




      Just started dealing with combinations and permutations rights now and came across this study problem. I've converted each side into their combination formula forms, but I'm not sure where to go from there(or even if that's what I should be doing). Any help with this or at least where I should start?






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          Note that $binom{n}{k} = binom{n}{n-k}.$



          What equation does this give for $r$ in your scenario? What is the solution to that equation?



          Note that $binom{n}{a+1} > binom{n}{a}$ when $a < lfloor n/2 rfloor,$ hence an integer can be taken on at most twice as you range among $binom{n}{0}, dots, binom{n}{n}.$ Since $r ne r+2,$ the value of $r$ that you find is unique.






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            Your equation does not imply $$binom na=binom nbimplies a=n-b$$
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            @KemonoChen Note that $binom{n}{a+1} > binom{n}{a}$ when $a < lfloor n/2 rfloor,$ hence an integer can be taken on at most twice as you range among $binom{n}{0}, dots, binom{n}{n}.$
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            Exactly. I think it would be better to put this into your answer to clarify. :P The original answer is logically incorrect.
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          Hint: Think about row $16$ of Pascal's triangle. When does it increase (going to the right) and when does it decrease? What values are duplicated and where?






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            Okay, I see the connection now, so r must be 7...?
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          $C_r^{16}=C_{r+2}^{16}$
          Then using the definition of combination you'll get



          $$frac{16!}{r!(16-r)!}=frac{16!}{(r+2)!(16-r-2)!}$$
          $$implies frac{1}{r!(16-r)(15-r).(14-r)!}=frac{1}{(r+2)(r+1).r!.(14-r)!}$$
          $$implies (16-r)(15-r)=(r+2)(r+1)$$
          $$implies 240-31r+r^2=r^2+3r+2$$
          $$implies 34r=238$$
          $$implies r=7$$






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            Sorry, I must be stupid or something and my algebra is off, but i can't get from the last line to r = 7
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            @GoldPonyBoy Just expand both sides, move everything to one side, and solve the quadratic equation.
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            @mathematics2x2life Oh I AM just dumb, I wrote -r*-r = -r^2. This is what I started to do originally, but couldn't follow the logic at first. Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it.
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            @Gold Pony Boy we have that $(r+2)!=(r+2)(r+1).r!$ So you remove $r!$ both sides and you are left with $(r+1)(r+2)$ on the right side
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            – Fareed AF
            Dec 3 '18 at 5:30






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            This approach is true but massive overkill. Better to note that the denominator $D(r) = r!(16−r)!$ is monotonic increasing for r < floor(n/2), achieves a maximum at n/2 = 8, and is symmetric about floor(n/2). From that we can directly conclude that if D(x) = D(y), then we must have y = n-x
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          Note that $binom{n}{k} = binom{n}{n-k}.$



          What equation does this give for $r$ in your scenario? What is the solution to that equation?



          Note that $binom{n}{a+1} > binom{n}{a}$ when $a < lfloor n/2 rfloor,$ hence an integer can be taken on at most twice as you range among $binom{n}{0}, dots, binom{n}{n}.$ Since $r ne r+2,$ the value of $r$ that you find is unique.






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            Your equation does not imply $$binom na=binom nbimplies a=n-b$$
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            @KemonoChen Note that $binom{n}{a+1} > binom{n}{a}$ when $a < lfloor n/2 rfloor,$ hence an integer can be taken on at most twice as you range among $binom{n}{0}, dots, binom{n}{n}.$
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            Exactly. I think it would be better to put this into your answer to clarify. :P The original answer is logically incorrect.
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          What equation does this give for $r$ in your scenario? What is the solution to that equation?



          Note that $binom{n}{a+1} > binom{n}{a}$ when $a < lfloor n/2 rfloor,$ hence an integer can be taken on at most twice as you range among $binom{n}{0}, dots, binom{n}{n}.$ Since $r ne r+2,$ the value of $r$ that you find is unique.






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            @KemonoChen Note that $binom{n}{a+1} > binom{n}{a}$ when $a < lfloor n/2 rfloor,$ hence an integer can be taken on at most twice as you range among $binom{n}{0}, dots, binom{n}{n}.$
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            Exactly. I think it would be better to put this into your answer to clarify. :P The original answer is logically incorrect.
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          Note that $binom{n}{k} = binom{n}{n-k}.$



          What equation does this give for $r$ in your scenario? What is the solution to that equation?



          Note that $binom{n}{a+1} > binom{n}{a}$ when $a < lfloor n/2 rfloor,$ hence an integer can be taken on at most twice as you range among $binom{n}{0}, dots, binom{n}{n}.$ Since $r ne r+2,$ the value of $r$ that you find is unique.






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          What equation does this give for $r$ in your scenario? What is the solution to that equation?



          Note that $binom{n}{a+1} > binom{n}{a}$ when $a < lfloor n/2 rfloor,$ hence an integer can be taken on at most twice as you range among $binom{n}{0}, dots, binom{n}{n}.$ Since $r ne r+2,$ the value of $r$ that you find is unique.







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            Your equation does not imply $$binom na=binom nbimplies a=n-b$$
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            @KemonoChen Note that $binom{n}{a+1} > binom{n}{a}$ when $a < lfloor n/2 rfloor,$ hence an integer can be taken on at most twice as you range among $binom{n}{0}, dots, binom{n}{n}.$
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            Exactly. I think it would be better to put this into your answer to clarify. :P The original answer is logically incorrect.
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            Your equation does not imply $$binom na=binom nbimplies a=n-b$$
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            – Kemono Chen
            Dec 3 '18 at 4:52












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            @KemonoChen Note that $binom{n}{a+1} > binom{n}{a}$ when $a < lfloor n/2 rfloor,$ hence an integer can be taken on at most twice as you range among $binom{n}{0}, dots, binom{n}{n}.$
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            Exactly. I think it would be better to put this into your answer to clarify. :P The original answer is logically incorrect.
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          $begingroup$
          Your equation does not imply $$binom na=binom nbimplies a=n-b$$
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          $begingroup$
          Your equation does not imply $$binom na=binom nbimplies a=n-b$$
          $endgroup$
          – Kemono Chen
          Dec 3 '18 at 4:52














          $begingroup$
          @KemonoChen Note that $binom{n}{a+1} > binom{n}{a}$ when $a < lfloor n/2 rfloor,$ hence an integer can be taken on at most twice as you range among $binom{n}{0}, dots, binom{n}{n}.$
          $endgroup$
          – Display name
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          $begingroup$
          @KemonoChen Note that $binom{n}{a+1} > binom{n}{a}$ when $a < lfloor n/2 rfloor,$ hence an integer can be taken on at most twice as you range among $binom{n}{0}, dots, binom{n}{n}.$
          $endgroup$
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          Exactly. I think it would be better to put this into your answer to clarify. :P The original answer is logically incorrect.
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          – Kemono Chen
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          $begingroup$
          Exactly. I think it would be better to put this into your answer to clarify. :P The original answer is logically incorrect.
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            Okay, I see the connection now, so r must be 7...?
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            @GoldPonyBoy Yes.
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            Okay, I see the connection now, so r must be 7...?
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            @GoldPonyBoy Yes.
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          Hint: Think about row $16$ of Pascal's triangle. When does it increase (going to the right) and when does it decrease? What values are duplicated and where?






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          • $begingroup$
            Okay, I see the connection now, so r must be 7...?
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            @GoldPonyBoy Yes.
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          • $begingroup$
            Okay, I see the connection now, so r must be 7...?
            $endgroup$
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            Dec 3 '18 at 4:45










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            @GoldPonyBoy Yes.
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            Dec 3 '18 at 6:06
















          $begingroup$
          Okay, I see the connection now, so r must be 7...?
          $endgroup$
          – Gold Pony Boy
          Dec 3 '18 at 4:45




          $begingroup$
          Okay, I see the connection now, so r must be 7...?
          $endgroup$
          – Gold Pony Boy
          Dec 3 '18 at 4:45












          $begingroup$
          @GoldPonyBoy Yes.
          $endgroup$
          – Carl Schildkraut
          Dec 3 '18 at 6:06




          $begingroup$
          @GoldPonyBoy Yes.
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          Dec 3 '18 at 6:06











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          $C_r^{16}=C_{r+2}^{16}$
          Then using the definition of combination you'll get



          $$frac{16!}{r!(16-r)!}=frac{16!}{(r+2)!(16-r-2)!}$$
          $$implies frac{1}{r!(16-r)(15-r).(14-r)!}=frac{1}{(r+2)(r+1).r!.(14-r)!}$$
          $$implies (16-r)(15-r)=(r+2)(r+1)$$
          $$implies 240-31r+r^2=r^2+3r+2$$
          $$implies 34r=238$$
          $$implies r=7$$






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            Sorry, I must be stupid or something and my algebra is off, but i can't get from the last line to r = 7
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            Dec 3 '18 at 5:06






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            @GoldPonyBoy Just expand both sides, move everything to one side, and solve the quadratic equation.
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          • $begingroup$
            @mathematics2x2life Oh I AM just dumb, I wrote -r*-r = -r^2. This is what I started to do originally, but couldn't follow the logic at first. Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it.
            $endgroup$
            – Gold Pony Boy
            Dec 3 '18 at 5:12








          • 1




            $begingroup$
            @Gold Pony Boy we have that $(r+2)!=(r+2)(r+1).r!$ So you remove $r!$ both sides and you are left with $(r+1)(r+2)$ on the right side
            $endgroup$
            – Fareed AF
            Dec 3 '18 at 5:30






          • 1




            $begingroup$
            This approach is true but massive overkill. Better to note that the denominator $D(r) = r!(16−r)!$ is monotonic increasing for r < floor(n/2), achieves a maximum at n/2 = 8, and is symmetric about floor(n/2). From that we can directly conclude that if D(x) = D(y), then we must have y = n-x
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            – smci
            Dec 3 '18 at 17:46


















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          $begingroup$

          $C_r^{16}=C_{r+2}^{16}$
          Then using the definition of combination you'll get



          $$frac{16!}{r!(16-r)!}=frac{16!}{(r+2)!(16-r-2)!}$$
          $$implies frac{1}{r!(16-r)(15-r).(14-r)!}=frac{1}{(r+2)(r+1).r!.(14-r)!}$$
          $$implies (16-r)(15-r)=(r+2)(r+1)$$
          $$implies 240-31r+r^2=r^2+3r+2$$
          $$implies 34r=238$$
          $$implies r=7$$






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          • $begingroup$
            Sorry, I must be stupid or something and my algebra is off, but i can't get from the last line to r = 7
            $endgroup$
            – Gold Pony Boy
            Dec 3 '18 at 5:06






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            $begingroup$
            @GoldPonyBoy Just expand both sides, move everything to one side, and solve the quadratic equation.
            $endgroup$
            – mathematics2x2life
            Dec 3 '18 at 5:07










          • $begingroup$
            @mathematics2x2life Oh I AM just dumb, I wrote -r*-r = -r^2. This is what I started to do originally, but couldn't follow the logic at first. Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it.
            $endgroup$
            – Gold Pony Boy
            Dec 3 '18 at 5:12








          • 1




            $begingroup$
            @Gold Pony Boy we have that $(r+2)!=(r+2)(r+1).r!$ So you remove $r!$ both sides and you are left with $(r+1)(r+2)$ on the right side
            $endgroup$
            – Fareed AF
            Dec 3 '18 at 5:30






          • 1




            $begingroup$
            This approach is true but massive overkill. Better to note that the denominator $D(r) = r!(16−r)!$ is monotonic increasing for r < floor(n/2), achieves a maximum at n/2 = 8, and is symmetric about floor(n/2). From that we can directly conclude that if D(x) = D(y), then we must have y = n-x
            $endgroup$
            – smci
            Dec 3 '18 at 17:46
















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          $begingroup$

          $C_r^{16}=C_{r+2}^{16}$
          Then using the definition of combination you'll get



          $$frac{16!}{r!(16-r)!}=frac{16!}{(r+2)!(16-r-2)!}$$
          $$implies frac{1}{r!(16-r)(15-r).(14-r)!}=frac{1}{(r+2)(r+1).r!.(14-r)!}$$
          $$implies (16-r)(15-r)=(r+2)(r+1)$$
          $$implies 240-31r+r^2=r^2+3r+2$$
          $$implies 34r=238$$
          $$implies r=7$$






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          $C_r^{16}=C_{r+2}^{16}$
          Then using the definition of combination you'll get



          $$frac{16!}{r!(16-r)!}=frac{16!}{(r+2)!(16-r-2)!}$$
          $$implies frac{1}{r!(16-r)(15-r).(14-r)!}=frac{1}{(r+2)(r+1).r!.(14-r)!}$$
          $$implies (16-r)(15-r)=(r+2)(r+1)$$
          $$implies 240-31r+r^2=r^2+3r+2$$
          $$implies 34r=238$$
          $$implies r=7$$







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          • $begingroup$
            Sorry, I must be stupid or something and my algebra is off, but i can't get from the last line to r = 7
            $endgroup$
            – Gold Pony Boy
            Dec 3 '18 at 5:06






          • 2




            $begingroup$
            @GoldPonyBoy Just expand both sides, move everything to one side, and solve the quadratic equation.
            $endgroup$
            – mathematics2x2life
            Dec 3 '18 at 5:07










          • $begingroup$
            @mathematics2x2life Oh I AM just dumb, I wrote -r*-r = -r^2. This is what I started to do originally, but couldn't follow the logic at first. Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it.
            $endgroup$
            – Gold Pony Boy
            Dec 3 '18 at 5:12








          • 1




            $begingroup$
            @Gold Pony Boy we have that $(r+2)!=(r+2)(r+1).r!$ So you remove $r!$ both sides and you are left with $(r+1)(r+2)$ on the right side
            $endgroup$
            – Fareed AF
            Dec 3 '18 at 5:30






          • 1




            $begingroup$
            This approach is true but massive overkill. Better to note that the denominator $D(r) = r!(16−r)!$ is monotonic increasing for r < floor(n/2), achieves a maximum at n/2 = 8, and is symmetric about floor(n/2). From that we can directly conclude that if D(x) = D(y), then we must have y = n-x
            $endgroup$
            – smci
            Dec 3 '18 at 17:46




















          • $begingroup$
            Sorry, I must be stupid or something and my algebra is off, but i can't get from the last line to r = 7
            $endgroup$
            – Gold Pony Boy
            Dec 3 '18 at 5:06






          • 2




            $begingroup$
            @GoldPonyBoy Just expand both sides, move everything to one side, and solve the quadratic equation.
            $endgroup$
            – mathematics2x2life
            Dec 3 '18 at 5:07










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            @mathematics2x2life Oh I AM just dumb, I wrote -r*-r = -r^2. This is what I started to do originally, but couldn't follow the logic at first. Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it.
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            – Gold Pony Boy
            Dec 3 '18 at 5:12








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            @Gold Pony Boy we have that $(r+2)!=(r+2)(r+1).r!$ So you remove $r!$ both sides and you are left with $(r+1)(r+2)$ on the right side
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            – Fareed AF
            Dec 3 '18 at 5:30






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            This approach is true but massive overkill. Better to note that the denominator $D(r) = r!(16−r)!$ is monotonic increasing for r < floor(n/2), achieves a maximum at n/2 = 8, and is symmetric about floor(n/2). From that we can directly conclude that if D(x) = D(y), then we must have y = n-x
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            – smci
            Dec 3 '18 at 17:46


















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          Sorry, I must be stupid or something and my algebra is off, but i can't get from the last line to r = 7
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          – Gold Pony Boy
          Dec 3 '18 at 5:06




          $begingroup$
          Sorry, I must be stupid or something and my algebra is off, but i can't get from the last line to r = 7
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          – Gold Pony Boy
          Dec 3 '18 at 5:06




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          @GoldPonyBoy Just expand both sides, move everything to one side, and solve the quadratic equation.
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          – mathematics2x2life
          Dec 3 '18 at 5:07




          $begingroup$
          @GoldPonyBoy Just expand both sides, move everything to one side, and solve the quadratic equation.
          $endgroup$
          – mathematics2x2life
          Dec 3 '18 at 5:07












          $begingroup$
          @mathematics2x2life Oh I AM just dumb, I wrote -r*-r = -r^2. This is what I started to do originally, but couldn't follow the logic at first. Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it.
          $endgroup$
          – Gold Pony Boy
          Dec 3 '18 at 5:12






          $begingroup$
          @mathematics2x2life Oh I AM just dumb, I wrote -r*-r = -r^2. This is what I started to do originally, but couldn't follow the logic at first. Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it.
          $endgroup$
          – Gold Pony Boy
          Dec 3 '18 at 5:12






          1




          1




          $begingroup$
          @Gold Pony Boy we have that $(r+2)!=(r+2)(r+1).r!$ So you remove $r!$ both sides and you are left with $(r+1)(r+2)$ on the right side
          $endgroup$
          – Fareed AF
          Dec 3 '18 at 5:30




          $begingroup$
          @Gold Pony Boy we have that $(r+2)!=(r+2)(r+1).r!$ So you remove $r!$ both sides and you are left with $(r+1)(r+2)$ on the right side
          $endgroup$
          – Fareed AF
          Dec 3 '18 at 5:30




          1




          1




          $begingroup$
          This approach is true but massive overkill. Better to note that the denominator $D(r) = r!(16−r)!$ is monotonic increasing for r < floor(n/2), achieves a maximum at n/2 = 8, and is symmetric about floor(n/2). From that we can directly conclude that if D(x) = D(y), then we must have y = n-x
          $endgroup$
          – smci
          Dec 3 '18 at 17:46






          $begingroup$
          This approach is true but massive overkill. Better to note that the denominator $D(r) = r!(16−r)!$ is monotonic increasing for r < floor(n/2), achieves a maximum at n/2 = 8, and is symmetric about floor(n/2). From that we can directly conclude that if D(x) = D(y), then we must have y = n-x
          $endgroup$
          – smci
          Dec 3 '18 at 17:46




















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