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The ratio of the coefficient of the middle term in the expansion of (1 + x)20 and the sum of the coefficients of two middle terms in expansion of (1 + x)19 is .
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- Find the middle term of
For , the general term is
Since is even, the expansion has terms, so there is one middle term, namely the
Thus, for the 11th term, . So the coefficient of the middle term is
- Find the two middle terms of
Since is odd, the expansion has terms, so there are two middle terms, namely the 10th and 11th terms.
- 10th term: , coefficient
- 11th term: , coefficient
Their sum is
Using Pascal's identity,
- Compute the required ratio
Required ratio:
So, \frac{\binom{20}{10}}{\binom{19}{9}+\binom{19}{10}}=rac{\binom{20}{10}}{\binom{20}{10}}=1.
- Final answer
The required integer is
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