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    INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE

    Mathematics: analysis and approaches

    MAA

    EXERCISES [MAA 1.6]


    BINOMIAL THEOREM
    Compiled by Christos Nikolaidis

    O. Practice questions

    1. [Maximum mark: 9] [without GDC]


    Write down the expansions of
    (a) (1  x) 3 [3]
    (b) (1  x) 4 [3]
    (c) (1  x) 5 [3]

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    2. [Maximum mark: 9] [with GDC]


    Write down the first four terms in ascending powers of x
    (a) in the expansion of (1  x) 10 [3]
    (b) in the expansion of (1  2 x)10 [3]
    (c) in the expansion of ( 2  x)10 [3]

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    3. [Maximum mark: 5] [with GDC]


    Find the term in x in the expansion of (1  x)10
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    4. [Maximum mark: 5] [with GDC]


    Find the term in x 16 in the expansion of (1  x 2 ) 10

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    5. [Maximum mark: 10] [with GDC]


    3 4
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    (a) Expand (i) x   (ii) x   [5]
     x  x
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    (b) In the expansion of  x  
     x
    (i) find the constant term
    (ii) find the term in x 2
    (iii) find the term in x 2 . [5]

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    6*. [Maximum mark: 10] [with GDC]


    (a) Expand (2 x  1) 4
    [2]
    Hence, find
    (b) the term in x 2 in the expansion of x(2 x  1) 4 [2]
    (c) the term in x in the expansion of ( x  1)( 2 x  1)
    2 4
    [3]
    (d) the term in x in the expansion of (3  x )(2 x  1) .
    2 2 4
    [3]

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    7. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]


    (a) Show that
    8 8 8
    (i)    8 , (ii)    28 , (iii)    56 [3]
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    10  10  10 
    (i)   , (ii)   , (iii)   [3]
    9 8 7

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    8*. [Maximum mark: 8] [without GDC]


    (a) Show that
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    (i)    1 , (ii)    n , (iii)    [5]
    0
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      2
      2

     n
    (b) Simplify   [3]
    3  

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    9*. [Maximum mark: 9] [with GDC]


    12
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    In the expansion of  3x   find
     x
    (a) the constant term; [3]
    (b) the coefficient of x 4 ; [3]
    (c) the first three terms in descending powers of x . [3]

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    10*. [Maximum mark: 9] [with GDC]


    12
     2
    In the expansion of  3x 2   find
     x
    (a) the constant term; [3]
    (b) the coefficient of x 6 ; [3]
    (c) the first three terms in descending powers of x . [3]

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    11*. [Maximum mark: 9] [with GDC]


    12
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    In the expansion of  3x 3   find
     x
    (a) the constant term; [3]
    (b) the coefficient of x 4 ; [3]
    (c) the first three terms in descending powers of x . [3]

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    A. Exam style questions (SHORT)

    12. [Maximum mark: 4] [without GDC]

    Express  3 2 3
    in the form a 2  b 3 , where a, b  Z .

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    13. [Maximum mark: 4] [without GDC]

    Express  3 2 4
    in the form a  b 6 , where a, b  Z .

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    14. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]

    Express  3
    3  2 in the form a 3  b , where a, b  Z .

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    15. [Maximum mark: 6] [with / without GDC]

    Given that 3   7 
    3
    = p + q 7 where p and q are integers, find
    (a) p; (b) q.

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    16. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]


    4
     1
    (a) Expand  e   in terms of e. [4]
     e
    4 4
     1  1
    (b) Express  e   +  e   as the sum of three terms. [2]
     e  e

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    17. [Maximum mark: 6] [with / without GDC]


    Complete the following expansion.
    (2 + ax)4 = 16 + 32ax + …

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    18. [Maximum mark: 4] [with GDC]


    Use the binomial theorem to complete this expansion.
    (3x +2y)4 = 81x4 + 216x3 y +...

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    19. [Maximum mark: 8] [without GDC]


    7  200 
    Find (i)   (ii)  
     3  2 

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    20. [Maximum mark: 8] [without GDC]


     5  5  6
    (a) Verify that         [3]
     2   3  3 
    19  19   20 
    (b) Prove that         [5]
     9  10   10 

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    21. [Maximum mark: 4] [with / without GDC]


    Find the coefficient of a b in the expansion of (a + b)12.
    5 7

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    22. [Maximum mark: 4] [with / without GDC]


    Find the coefficient of a b in the expansion of (5a + b)7.
    3 4

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    23. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]


    10 
    The fifth term in the expansion of the binomial (a + b)n is given by   p 6 ( 2q ) 4 .
    4
    (a) Write down the value of n. [1]
    (b) Write down a and b, in terms of p and/or q. [2]
    (c) Write down an expression for the sixth term in the expansion. [3]

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    24. [Maximum mark: 5] [with GDC]


    Find the coefficient of x 7 in the expansion of (2  3 x)10 , giving your answer as a whole
    number.

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    25. [Maximum mark: 5] [with / without GDC]


    Consider the expansion of (x + 2)11.
    (a) Write down the number of terms in this expansion. [1]
    [b) Find the term containing x2. [4]

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    26. [Maximum mark: 6] [with / without GDC]


    Find the coefficient of x3 in the expansion of (2 – x)5.

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    27. [Maximum mark: 4] [with GDC]


    Find the coefficient of x in the expansion of (3x – 2)8
    5

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    28. [Maximum mark: 6] [with GDC]


    Find the term containing x3 in the expansion of (2 – 3x)8.

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    29. [Maximum mark: 6] [with GDC]


    8
    3  1 
    Find the coefficient of x in the binomial expansion of 1 – x  .
     2 

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    6
     3x 
    Find the coefficient of the x3 term in the expansion of  2   .
     2

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    31. [Maximum mark: 5] [with GDC]


    8
    2 
    Find the term in x3 in the expansion of  x  3  .
    3 

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    32. [Maximum mark: 6] [with / without GDC]


    One of the terms of the expansion of (x + 2y)10 is ax8 y2. Find the value of a.

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    33. [Maximum mark: 6] [with GDC]


    Find the term containing x10 in the expansion of (5 + 2x2)7.

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    Consider the expansion of (x2 – 2)5.
    (a) Write down the number of terms in this expansion. [1]
    (b) The first four terms of the expansion in descending powers of x are
    x10 – 10x8 + 40x6 + Ax4 + ...
    Find the value of A. [5]

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    35. [Maximum mark: 6] [with GDC]


    Consider the expansion of the expression (x3 − 3x)6.
    (a) Write down the number of terms in this expansion. [1]
    (b) Find the term in x12. [5]

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    37. [Maximum mark: 6] [with GDC]


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    Consider the expansion of  3 x 2 –  .
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    (a) How many terms are there in this expansion? [1]
    (b) Find the constant term in this expansion. [5]

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    39. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]


    6

    Find the constant term in the expansion of  x 2 


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    5
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    41. [Maximum mark: 6] [with GDC]


    When the expression (2 + ax)10 is expanded, the coefficient of the term in x3 is 414 720.
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    7
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    The coefficient of x in the expansion of  x  1 2  is 7 . Find the possible values of a .
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    43. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]

    Expand  x  2  and simplify your result.


    4
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    Find the term in x 3 in  3 x  4   x  2  .


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    44*. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]

    Expand  2  x  and simplify your result.


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    4  1 
    (b) Hence, find the term in x2 in  2  x  1  2  . [3]
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    [MAA 1.6] BINOMIAL THEOREM

    45*. [Maximum mark: 8] [without GDC]


    (a) Find the expansion of (2  x)5 , giving your answer in ascending powers of x . [3]

    (b) By letting x  0.01 or otherwise, find the exact value of 2.015 . [2]

    (c) Find the exact value of 1.995 . [3]

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    [MAA 1.6] BINOMIAL THEOREM

    46**. [Maximum mark: 6] [with GDC]

    Determine the first three terms in the expansion of 1  2 x  1  x  in ascending powers


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    [MAA 1.6] BINOMIAL THEOREM

    47**. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]


    Given that
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    48*. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]


     2 
    Find the term in x 2 in 1  x   3 
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    49**. [Maximum mark: 6] [with / without GDC]

    Find the coefficient of x 3 in the expansion of 2  x  1  x 2


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    50**. [Maximum mark: 6] [with GDC]


    5
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    Find the constant term in the expansion of 2  x   2 x 
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    51**. [Maximum mark: 6] [with GDC]


    (a) Write down the quadratic expression 2 x 2  x  3 as the product of two linear
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    (b) Hence, or otherwise, find the coefficient of x in the expansion of (2 x 2  x  3)8 .

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    [MAA 1.6] BINOMIAL THEOREM

    52**. [Maximum mark: 9] [with GDC]


    In the binomial expansion of ( a  x ) n , where n  4 , the coefficient of x 3 is twice the
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    (a) Show that n  2a  3 [5]

    (b) Given that a  3 , find the coefficients of x 3 and x 4 . [4]

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    53**. [Maximum mark: 6] [with GDC]

    In the expansion of 1  ax  the first term is 1, the second term is 24x and the third
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    54*. [Maximum mark: 8] [with GDC]


    n
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    When 1   , n  , is expanded in ascending powers of x , the coefficient of x3 is 70.
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    (a) Find the value of n . [4]

    (b) Hence, find the coefficient of x 2 . [4]

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    B. Exam style questions (LONG)

    55. [Maximum mark: 12] [without GDC]


     4  4 4
    Consider the binomial expansion (1  x) 4  1    x    x 2    x 3  x 4
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     4  4  4
    (a) By substituting x  1 into both sides, or otherwise, evaluate         . [2]
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    (b) Evaluate         in a similar way. [3]
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    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8 

    9 9 9 9 9  9  9  9


    (d) Show that                        . [3]
    1   3   5   7   2   4   6   8 

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    [MAA 1.6] BINOMIAL THEOREM

    56**. [Maximum mark: 9] [without GDC]


    Let S  a  b and P  ab . By using the appropriate expansions of (a  b) n , express

    the following in terms of S and P .

    (a) a2  b2 [2]

    (b) a3  b3 [3]

    (c) a4  b4 [4]

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