HOLY NAME UNIVERSITY

City of Tagbilaran
Basic Education Department
Senior High School
S.Y. 2020-2021

PRE-CALCULUS
Lesson Exam 08 – Binomial Theorem & Pascal’s Triangle

Name: _______________ Section: ___________________Score: __________________

GENERAL INSTRUCTION: Solve the following given problems. Show your solution on the space provided.
Total HPS:40/40
A. Expand the following using the Binomial B. Find the indicated term in the expansion of the
Theorem. (5 pts. each) expression below. (5 pts. each)
1. (𝟐 + 𝒚) 𝟓 1. (𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒)𝟔 , 3rd term
5 5 5 5 n 6
(𝟐 + 𝒚)𝟓 = (0)(2)5 + (1) (2)4 y + (2) (2)3 y2 + (3) (2)2 y3 + (r-1) an-r+1 br-1 = (3-1) (3x)6-3+1 43-1
(54) (2) y4 + (55) y5 = (62) (3x)4 42
= 1 (2)5 + 5 (2)4 y + 10 (2)3 y2 + 10 (2)2 y3 + 5 (2) = 15 (3)4 (x)4 16
y4 + 1 (y)5 = 15 (81) x4 16
= 32 + 5 (16) y + 10 (8) y2 + 10 (4) y3 + 5 (2) y4 + y5 = 1,215x4 16
= 32 + 80y + 80y2 + 40y3 + 10y4 + y5

2. (𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚)𝟔 𝟖
2. (𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙𝟑 ) , 5th term
(𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚)𝟔 = (60)(x)6 + (61) (x)5 (2y) + (62) (x)4 (2y)2 + (63) n
(r-1 8
) an-r+1 br-1 = (5-1) (3x2)8-5+1 (x3)5-1
(x)3 (2y)3 + (64) (x)2 (2y)4 + (65) (x) (2y)5 + (66) (2y)6 = (84) (3x2)4 (x3)4
= 1 x6 + 6x5 2y + 15x4 (2y)2 + 20x3 (2y)3 + 15x2 = 70 (3)4 (x2)4 ( x3)4
(2y)4 + 6x (2y)5 + 1 (2y)6 = 70 (81) (x8) (x12)
= x6 + 6x5 2y + 15x4 (2)2 (y)2 + 20x3 (2)3 (y)3 + 15x2 = 5, 670x20
(2)4 (y)4 + 6x (2)5 (y)5 + 26 (y)6
= x6 + 6x5 2y + 15x4 4y2 + 20x3 8y3 + 15x2 16y4 +
6x 32y5 + 64y6

𝟏 𝟐 𝟒 3. (−𝟐𝒚 + 𝟑𝒙)𝟏𝟎 , 4th term

3. ( − )
𝒙 𝒙𝟐 n 10
(r-1) an-r+1 br-1 = (4-1) (-2y)10-4+1 (3x)4-1
𝟏 𝟐 𝟒 1 1 2 1 2
( − 𝟐 ) = (40) ( )4 + (41) ( )3 (- 2 ) + (42) ( )2 (- 2 )2 + = (10 ) (-2y)7 (3x)3
𝒙 𝒙 x x x x x 3
1 2 2
(43) ( ) (- 2 )3 + (44) (- 2 )4 = 120 (-2)7 (y)7 (3)3 (x)3
x x x
1 1 2 1 2 1 = 120 (-128) y7 (27) x3
= 1 ( )4 + 4 ( )3 (- 2 ) + 6 ( )2 (- 2 )2 + 4 ( )
x x x x x x = -414, 720 x3 y7
2 3 2 4
(- 2) + 1 (- 2 )
x x
1 1 2 1 4 1 8 16
= 4 – 4 ( 3) ( 2) + 6 ( 2) ( 4) - 4 ( ) ( 6) + 8
x x x x x x x x
1 8 24 32 16
= x4 - x5 + x6 - x7 + x8

𝟓 𝟏 𝟏 𝟕
4. (√𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙) 4. ( + ) , 6th term
𝒙 𝒚
𝟓
(√𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙) = (50)√25 + (51)√24 (2x) + (52)√23 (2x)2 + (53) n
(r-1) an-r+1 br-1 = (6-17 1 1
) ( )7-6+1 ( )6-1
x y
√22 (2x)3 + (54)(√2) (2x)4 + (55) (2x)5 7 1 2 1 5
= (5) ( ) ( )
= 1 √25 + 5 √24 (2x) + 10 √23 (2x)2 + 10 √22 x y
1 1
(2x)3 + 5 (√2) (2x)4 + 1 (2x)5 = 21 ( 2 ) ( 5 )
x y
= 22 √2 + 5 (2)2 (2x) + 10 (2√2 ) (4x2) + 10 (2) 21
=
x2 y5
(8x3) + 5 √2 (16x4) + 32x5
= 4 √2 + 5 (2)3 x + 80 √2 x2 + 160x3 + 80√2 x4 + 32x5
= 4√2 + 5 (8) x + 80√2 x2 + 160x3 + 80√2 x4 + 32x5
= 4√2 + 40x + 80√2 x2 + 160x3 + 80√2 x4 + 32x5