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Putnam 2020 A2

Source: 81st William Lowell Putnam Competition

February 22, 2021
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Problem Statement

Let kk be a nonnegative integer. Evaluate j=0k2kj(k+jj). \sum_{j=0}^k 2^{k-j} \binom{k+j}{j}.