Proving Constant Curvature in n-Dimensional Manifold

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Hello everybody,
How do you prove that,given an n-dimensional manifold with constant curvature , i.e.

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the constant K is given by : K= R/n(n-1) (R denotes the scalar curvature)?

I tried to contract the Riemann tensor in the expression above to obtain on the left side the scalar curvature but the right side vanishes :(
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks
 
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