BINOMIAL EXPANSION WITH A NEGATIVE INTEGER OR FRACTION

Previously in the course we found that, when n is a positive whole number,

a  bn  a n  n C1 a n1 b 1  n C2 a n2 b 2  n C3 a n3 b 3  .......... .....  b n

This is a finite series with n + 1 terms.

If n is negative or fractional then, this expansion will be infinite series.

a  bn  a n  n a n1 b 1  n n  1 a n2 b 2  n n  1 n  2 a n3 b 3  .......... .....

2! 3!

In mathematics, the factorial of a non-negative integer n, denoted by n!, is the product of

all positive integers less than or equal to n . For example,

 5 
Example : Expand 1  3  2
until the first four terms
 x 

Let 𝑎 , ,𝑛 − and substitute.

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Example : Expand 3  x  2
until the first four terms

Let 𝑎 ,𝑏 𝑥, and substitute.

2x
Example : Expand until the first four terms
1  2 x  2

Simplify . Let 𝑎 ,𝑏 − 𝑥, 𝑛 − and substitute.

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EXERCISE

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1) Expand until the first four terms. (4 marks)
1  2x

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 x 
2) Expand 1   5
until the first four terms. (4 marks)
 6

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x2
3) Expand until the first four terms. (6 marks)
1  x  3

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4) Expand ( ) until the fifth terms.

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5) Expand the ( ) expression up to and including .

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6) Expand until the first 4 term.

( )

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7) Find expansion for 1  3 x  3
until the first four terms.

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8) Find the expansion of ( ) in ascending power of up to the term .

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9) Find the first three terms in the expansion of 8  2 x  3 .

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10) Find the binomial expansion of 4  3 x  2
up to and including the term in .

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11) Expand ( ) until the first four terms.

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