Solution: 2025-17 Combinatorial identity

Prove the following identity:
\[
\sum_{k=0}^{n-1} \binom{z}{k} \frac{x^{n-k}}{n-k} = \sum_{k=1}^n \binom{z-k}{n-k} \frac{(x+1)^k -1}{k}.
\]

The best solution was submitted by 정서윤 (수리과학과 23학번, +4). Congratulations!

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Other solutions were submitted by 김은성 (대구과학고, +3), 김찬우 (연세대학교 수학과, +3), 정영훈 (수리과학과 24학번, +3), Huseyn Ismayilov (전산학부 22학번, +3).

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