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The Binomial Expansion Exercise PDF
The Binomial Expansion Exercise PDF
1 x
1
(iii)
1 3x
(ii)
(iv)
1 x
23
1
.
1 2x
1
5
.
2
0.8
(iii) By substituting x = 0.1 in your expansion from (i), and using your result
from (ii), find an approximate value for 5 .
(iv) Find the percentage error in your answer from (iii).
(ii) Show that
4. Express each of the following in partial fractions, and hence find the first four
terms in the binomial expansion of each, stating the values of x for which the
expansion is valid.
x5
(i)
( x 1)( x 2)
7
(ii)
(1 2 x)( x 3)
1 of 1
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