Find the value of $\frac{\sum_{k<\frac n2} (n-2k){n \choose k}}{2^n-1}$

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$$ {{\sum_{k<\frac{n}{2}}(n-2k){n \choose k}} \over {2^{n}-1}} $$

This problem should be solved using the Vandermonde Identity. But I am not able to solve it. I don't understand how to apply the identity to solve this problem. Are there any other ways to solve this problem ?

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I am ignoring $\frac{1}{2^n-1}$ for now. We can add that back in the final result.

$ \displaystyle \sum \limits_{k=0}^{\lfloor \frac{n}{2} \rfloor} (n-2k) {n\choose k} = n\sum \limits_{k=0}^{\lfloor \frac{n}{2} \rfloor} {n\choose k} - 2\sum \limits_{k=0}^{\lfloor \frac{n}{2} \rfloor} k{n\choose k}$

$= n\sum \limits_{k=0}^{\lfloor \frac{n}{2} \rfloor} {n\choose k} - 2n\sum \limits_{k=1}^{\lfloor \frac{n}{2} \rfloor} {n-1 \choose k-1}$

If $n$ is odd,

$= \frac{n}{2} \sum \limits_{k=0}^{n} {n\choose k} - n\sum \limits_{k=1}^{n} {n-1 \choose k-1} + n {n-1 \choose {\lfloor \frac{n}{2} \rfloor}}$

$= \frac{n}{2} \sum \limits_{k=0}^{n} {n\choose k} - n\sum \limits_{k=0}^{n-1} {n-1 \choose k} + (n - {\lfloor \frac{n}{2} \rfloor}) {n \choose {\lfloor \frac{n}{2} \rfloor}}$

$ = ({\lfloor \frac{n}{2} \rfloor} + 1) {n \choose {\lfloor \frac{n}{2} \rfloor} + 1}$

$ = m {n \choose m} \, \,$ where $m = {\lfloor \frac{n}{2} \rfloor} + 1$

If $n$ is even,

$= \frac{n}{2} \sum \limits_{k=0}^{n} {n\choose k} + \frac{n}{2} {n \choose {\lfloor \frac{n}{2} \rfloor}} - n\sum \limits_{k=0}^{n-1} {n-1 \choose k}$

$= \frac{n}{2} {n \choose {\lfloor \frac{n}{2} \rfloor}} = (\lfloor \frac{n}{2} \rfloor + 1) {n \choose {\lfloor \frac{n}{2} \rfloor}+1}$

$ = m {n \choose m} \, \,$ where $m = {\lfloor \frac{n}{2} \rfloor} + 1$

So your answer is $\displaystyle \frac {m {n \choose m}}{2^n - 1} \,$ where $m = {\lfloor \frac{n}{2} \rfloor} + 1$