Question

The value of $^{10}C_1+^{10}C_2+^{10}C_3+....+^{10}C_9 $ is

• A. $2^{10}$
• B. $2^{11}$
• C. $2^{10}-2$
• D. $2^{10} -1$

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Since, $\left(1+x\right)^{n }= ^{n}C_{0}+^{n}C_{1}x+^{n}C_{2} x^{2} +...+^{n}C_{n} x^{n}$
Put x = 1 and n = 10, we get
$2^{10} = ^{10}C_{0}+^{10}C_{1}+^{10}C_{2}+...+^{10}C_{10}$
$2^{10} = 1+^{10}C_{1}+^{10}C_{2} +...+^{10}C_{9}+1$
$2^{10} - 2 = ^{10}C_{1}+^{10}C_{2} +...+^{10}C_{9}$