Entropy of a Fermi dirac ideal gas

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Hello

Homework Statement


From the expression of the partition function of a fermi dirac ideal gas
ln(Z)=αN + ∑ ln(1+exp(-α-βEr))
show that
S= k ∑ [ <nr>ln(<nr>)+(1-<nr>)ln(1-<nr>)


Homework Equations


S=k( lnZ+β<E>)
<nr>=-1/β ∂ln(Z)/∂Er
<E>=-∂ln(Z)/∂β

The Attempt at a Solution


I tried to start with
S=k( lnZ+β<E>)
But I don't know how we get to introduce the nr in that ?

Edit:
S=-dF/dT with F=-kTln(Z)
I wrote ln(Z) in terms of nr
ln(Z)=α ∑<nr>-∑ln(<nr>)
But I don't get to the result
I get at the end
S= kα∑<nr>-k∑ln(<nr>)+kα∑(1-<nr>)

Thanks
 
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