What is Binomial Expansion and how does it relate to Pascal's Triangle?

Answer 1

The binomial expansion is the expanded form of the algebraic expression of the form (a + b)^n.

There are slightly different versions of Pascal's triangle, but assuming the first row is "1 1", then for positive integer values of n, the expansion of (a+b)^n uses the nth row of Pascals triangle. If the terms in the nth row are p1, p2, p3, ... p(n+1) then the binomial expansion is

p1*a^n + p2*a^(n-1)*b + p3*a^(n-2)*b^2 + ... + pr*a^(n+1-r)*b^(r-1) + ... + pn*a*b^(n-1) + p(n+1)*b^n