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Use Pascal's Triangle to expand 
(y-4z)^(4). Express your answer in simplest form.
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Use Pascal's Triangle to expand (y4z)4 (y-4 z)^{4} . Express your answer in simplest form.\newlineAnswer:

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Q. Use Pascal's Triangle to expand (y4z)4 (y-4 z)^{4} . Express your answer in simplest form.\newlineAnswer:
  1. Identify Row: Identify the row of Pascal's Triangle that corresponds to the exponent 44. The row for the exponent 44 is the fifth row (starting with row 00 for the exponent 00), which is 1,4,6,4,11, 4, 6, 4, 1.
  2. Write Expansion: Write out each term of the expansion using the coefficients from Pascal's Triangle.\newlineThe expansion will have terms that correspond to (y4z)4(y-4z)^4, (y4z)3(y-4z)^3, (y4z)2(y-4z)^2, (y4z)1(y-4z)^1, and (y4z)0(y-4z)^0, multiplied by the coefficients 11, 44, 66, 44, 11 respectively.
  3. Expand Binomial: Expand each term of the binomial using the binomial theorem.\newlineThe terms will be:\newline1(y4)+4(y3)(4z)+6(y2)(4z)2+4(y)(4z)3+1(4z)41\cdot(y^4) + 4\cdot(y^3)(-4z) + 6\cdot(y^2)(-4z)^2 + 4\cdot(y)(-4z)^3 + 1\cdot(-4z)^4
  4. Simplify Terms: Simplify each term.\newlineNow we simplify each term by calculating the powers and multiplying by the coefficients:\newline1y4+4y3(4z)+6y2(16z2)+4y(64z3)+1(256z4)1\cdot y^4 + 4\cdot y^3\cdot(-4z) + 6\cdot y^2\cdot(16z^2) + 4\cdot y\cdot(-64z^3) + 1\cdot(256z^4)
  5. Combine and Write: Combine like terms and write the final expression.\newlineThe final expanded form is:\newliney416y3z+96y2z2256yz3+256z4y^4 - 16y^3z + 96y^2z^2 - 256yz^3 + 256z^4

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