Never learned pascals triangle. So I'm not sure what the question means.
By subsituting real numbers (specifically integers)
If n = 2
x^2 + 2x + 1 and n choose k will be 2
then the variable will be x
If n = 3
(x + 1)(x^2 +2x + 1)
x^3 + 2x^2 + x + x^2 + 2x + 1
x^3 + 3x^2 + 3x + 1
n choose k will be 3
then the variable will be x
So far I think the answer is x