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How to simplify this expression by division

How to divide it $${\frac {{x}^{n-2}-{y}^{n-2}}{x-y}}$$ to remove the $x-y$ term from the denominator. We may assume that $n>2$ is an integer. Thanks.
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Trying to prove that $p$ prime divides $\binom{p-1}{k} + \binom{p-2}{k-1} + \cdots +\binom{p-k}{1} + 1$

So I'm trying to prove that for any natural number $1\leq k<p$, that $p$ prime divides: $$\binom{p-1}{k} + \binom{p-2}{k-1} + \cdots +\binom{p-k}{1} + 1$$ Writing these choice functions in ...
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Binomial division

Looks very easy, but I can't make it: $s \geq 2$ and $w \geq 2$ are prime numbers. $k$ is a natural number and $k \leq \min \{s,w \}$ Show that $\binom{s+w}{k}-\binom{w}{k} - \binom{s}{k}$ can be ...