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    The document discusses binomial expansions and Pascal's triangle. It has students expand (x + y)3 and (x - y)4 by foiling the binomials and noticing the coefficients. They then see that Pascal's triangle contains these same coefficients and patterns. This reveals the connection between binomial expansions, the signs of terms, and the patterns in Pascal's triangle.

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    The document discusses binomial expansions and Pascal's triangle. It has students expand (x + y)3 and (x - y)4 by foiling the binomials and noticing the coefficients. They then see that Pascal's triangle contains these same coefficients and patterns. This reveals the connection between binomial expansions, the signs of terms, and the patterns in Pascal's triangle.

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    Name:______________________________

    PascalsTriangle
    Inyourgroupsworktoexpandthebinomials (x + y )3 and (x y )4 .Rememberthat (x + y )3 isthe
    samethingas (x + y )(x + y )(x + y ) .Beginbyfoiling (x + y )(x + y ) andrecordwhatyougethere.


    Nowdistribute (x + y ) toeverytermandrecordwhatyouget.Thisisthefullexpansion.

    Repeattheprocessfor (x y )4 andbesuretowatchyoursigns!

    Whatwerethecoefficientsofeachtermyoufoundwhenyouexpanded (x + y )3 ?
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    Whatwerethecoefficientsofeachtermyoufoundwhenyouexpanded (x y )4 ?
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    Whatdidyounoticeaboutthesignsofabinomialsumandabinomialdifference?
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    PascalsTriangleisasequenceofnumbersinwhicheachnumberinthesequenceismadeupby
    addingthetwopreviousnumbers.Onthenextpageyouwillfindthestartofpascalstriangle,
    youfillintherest.

    Whatpatternsdoyounoticeinpascalstriangle?(pointoutatleast2)
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    Canyouspottheconnectionbetweenpascalstriangleandthebinomialexpansionsyoudidon
    thefirstpage?
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    Whatdoyouthinktheruleisthatconnectsbinomialexpansions,pascalstriangleandthe
    informationyoudiscoveredaboutthesignsofbinomials?
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