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Problem
The expression is simplified by expanding it and combining like terms. How many terms are in the simplified expression?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
By the Multinomial Theorem, the summands can be written as and respectively. Since the coefficients of like terms are the same in each expression, each like term either cancel one another out or the coefficient doubles. In each expansion there are: terms without cancellation. For any term in the second expansion to be negative, the parity of the exponents of and must be opposite. Now we find a pattern: if the exponent of is , the exponent of can be all even integers up to , so there are terms. if the exponent of is , the exponent of can go up to , so there are terms. if the exponent of is , then can only be 0, so there is term. If we add them up, we get terms. However, we can switch the exponents of and and these terms will still have a negative sign. So there are a total of negative terms. By subtracting this number from 2015028, we obtain or as our answer.
Final answer
D