<s>[INST] Coefficient of $x^2$ in $(x+\frac 2x)^6$ I did $6C4 x^2\times (\dfrac 2x)^4$ and got that the coefficient of $x^2$ is $15$, but the answer is $60$, why? Did I miss a step?
 [/INST] We have $$\displaystyle\left(x+\dfrac{2}{x}\right)^6=\sum_{k=0}^{6}\binom{6}{k}x^{6-k}\left(\frac{2}{x}\right)^k=\sum_{k=0}^{6}2^k\binom{6}{k}x^{6-2k}.$$ Then, $6-2k=2\Leftrightarrow k=2,$ so $$\text{coef }x^2=2^2\binom{6}{2}=60.$$
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