Number of Terms in a Multinomial Expansion

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Number of Terms in a Multinomial Expansion

## Formula

The number of distinct terms in:

$$(x_1+x_2+\cdots+x_k)^n$$

is:

$${}^{n+k-1}C_{k-1}$$

## Usage

- Used to determine the number of distinct terms in a multinomial expansion.

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