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The expression in the subject title of your question illustrates the first few terms of the binomial expansion (which has lots of uses in mathematics) - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_theorem for more information.

 

In the body of your question the solver has assumed you want to equate the left-hand side with the right-hand side and has assumed nx is a variable in its own right (it doesn't recognise implicit multiplication).  Strangely, it has also assumed (1+x)n is also a single variable (!) and has solved the equation as if it were a quadratic.

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Jun 28, 2015