Working with binomial identieies.

[chaotixmonjuish]

\binom{r}{k}=\frac{r}{r-k}\binom{n-1}{k}

I'm having problems proving this. However, here is my reasoning:

when factoring out an r you get

\frac{r*(r-1)!}{(r-k)!k!}
<br /> \frac{r}{r-k}*\frac{(r-1)!}{(r-k-1)!k!}<br />

Is this proper reasoning?

 

[Russell Berty]

That looks good. I think there is a typo in the problem the way it is stated. What is n?!

I think it should read (r-1)Ck on the right side, not (n-1)Ck.

 

[chaotixmonjuish]

Was that an actual proof of the identity?

 

[Dick]

It would be if you write r instead of n in the original statement as Russell Berty pointed out.