Thanks a lot for solving the book page numbers question.I could not comprehend how it was solved in the text book.You depicted it in a very clear fashion and I could get it immediately.
I never thought that I should try adding up the numbers so that the sum could be as close to 1000 as possible.
I am working on the Binomial theorem in a number of ways and would share the details with you.Thanks for your input.It would help a great deal.