AIME 1986
Algebra
Level
4
The polynomial \(1-x+{x}^{2}-{x}^{3}+.....-{x}^{17}\)
may be written in the form \({a}_{0}+{a}_{1}y+{a}_{2}{y}^{2}.....+{a}_{17}{y}^{17}\)
\(where \quad y=x+1\) and \({a}_{i}s\) are constant then find \({a}_{2}\)
by
Rishabh Jain