Choose the One Alternative That Best Completes the Statement or Answers

question 30

Multiple Choice

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Use Pascal's triangle to write the expansion of the the given expression.
- $$( x - y ) ^ { 4 } \text {. }$$

• A) \(x ^ { 4 } + 4 x ^ { 3 } y - 6 x ^ { 2 } y ^ { 2 } + 4 x y ^ { 3 } - y ^ { 4 }\)
• B) \(x ^ { 4 } - 4 x ^ { 3 } y + 6 x ^ { 2 } y ^ { 2 } - 4 x y ^ { 3 } + y ^ { 4 }\)
• C) \(x ^ { 4 } - y ^ { 4 }\)
• D) \(x ^ { 4 } - x y + y ^ { 4 }\)

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