Introductory Combinatorics
Introductory Combinatorics
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780136020400
Author: Richard A. Brualdi
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 5, Problem 22E
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To prove: The identity (rm)(mk)=(rk)(rkmk), for all real numbers r and all integers k.

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