Discrete Mathematics with Applications 4th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 0-49539-132-8
ISBN 13: 978-0-49539-132-6

Chapter 5 - Sequences, Mathematical Induction, and Recursion - Exercise Set 5.1 - Page 244: 79

Answer

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Work Step by Step

By definition, we have: $\binom p {r}=\frac{p!}{(p-r)!(r)!}$ As $p$ is a prime number and $0\lt r\lt p$ and $0\lt (p-r)\lt p$, we know that the number $p$ in the numerator can not be cancelled out (the denominator does not contain a factor of $p$). Thus the value is divisible by $p$.
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