FP-041 Engineering Mathematics (II)

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Topic: Binomial Expansion (Exercise)

1. Expand the followings by the binomial expansion.
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(a) ( x + y ) 3
(h) ( x 2 + ) 3
4
x
(b) ( x + 2 y )
1 3
3
(c) (2 x + y )
(i) ( x + 2 )
x
5
(d) (3 x + 2 y )
3
(j) (2 x + ) 4
(e) (2 x + 3 y ) 3
x
(f) (2 x y ) 4
y
(k) (2 x + ) 3
(g) ( x 2 y ) 5
x
2. Identify the general term Tr +1 , in the binomial expansion of the followings.
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(a) ( x + ) 4
x
3
2
(b) (2 x + ) 5
x
(c) ( x + 2 y ) 8
(d) (2 x 3 y ) 6

3. Obtain an expression for the (r + 1) th term in the binomial expansion of

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(2 x 2 )10 and then determine the (a) sixth term and (b) term in x ,if it exists.
x
4. Determine the fifth term in the expansion of (1 + x)10 .
5. Determine the tenth term in the expansion of (2a + b)12 .
1
6. Identify the term in x 3 in the expansion of ( x 2 + ) 9 if it exists.
x
7. In the binomial expansion of (1 + x) n , the coefficient of the term in x 3 is four
times the coefficient of the term in x 2 . Find the value of n .
8. The coefficient of the term in x 5 in the expansion of (1 + 5 x) 8 is the same as the
coefficient of the term in x 4 in the expansion of (a + 5 x) 7 . Find the value of a .
9. Obtain the first four terms in the expansion of (1 + x) 6 in ascending powers of x
and hence find the value of 1.016 correct to three decimal places.
10. List the expansion of (1 2 x) 5 in ascending powers of x for the first four terms.
Then determine an approximate value of 0.96 5 correct to four decimal places by
substitute an appropriate value of x into the expansion.

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FP-041 Engineering Mathematics (II)

Tutorial

Topic: Binomial Expansion (Answers)

1. (a) x 3 + 3 x 2 y + 3 xy 2 + y 3
(b) x 4 + 8 x 3 y + 24 x 2 y 2 + 32 xy 3 + 16 y 4
(c) 8 x 3 + 12 x 2 y + 6 xy 2 + y 3
(d) 243 x 5 + 810 x 4 y + 1080 x 3 y 2 + 720 x 2 y 3 + 240 xy 4 + 32 y 5
(e) 8 x 3 + 36 x 2 y + 54 xy 2 + 27 y 3
(f) 16 x 4 32 x 3 y + 24 x 2 y 2 8 xy 3 + y 4
(g) x 5 10 x 4 y + 40 x 3 y 2 80 x 2 y 3 + 80 xy 4 32 y 5
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(h) x 6 + 3 x 3 + 3 + 3
x
3
1
(i) x 3 + 3 + 3 + 6
x
x
216 81
4
2
(j) 16 x + 96 x + 216 + 2 + 4
x
x
2
3
6y
y
+ 3
(k) 8 x 3 + 12 xy +
x
x
2. (a) Tr +1 = 4 C r (2 r ) x 4 2 r
(b) Tr +1 = 5 C r (2 5 r )(3 r ) x103r
(c) Tr +1 = 8 C r (2 r )( x 8 r ) y r
(d) Tr +1 = 6 C r (2 6 r )(3) r x 6 r y r
3. Tr +1 =10 C r (210 r )(1) r x103r (a) 8064 x 5 (b) 15360 x
4. 210x 4
5. 1760a 3 b 9
6. 36 x 3
7. 14
8. 2
9. 1 + 6 x + 15 x 2 + 20 x 3 + ... , 1.062
10. 1 10 x + 40 x 2 80 x 3 + ... , 0.8154

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