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BINOMIAL
SERIES
EXPANSIONS

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Question 1
−1
a) Expand (1 + 2x ) as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including
the term in x 4 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

( )
1 − 2 x + 4 x 2 − 8 x3 + 16 x 4 + O x5 , − 1 < x < 1
2 2

Question 2
−1
a) Expand (1 − 4x ) 2 as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including
the term in x 4 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

( )
1 + 2 x + 6 x 2 + 20 x3 + 70 x 4 + O x5 , − 1 < x < 1
4 4

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Question 3
−2
a) Expand (1 + 2 x ) as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including
the term in x 4 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

( )
1 − 4 x + 12 x 2 − 32 x3 + 80 x 4 + O x5 , − 1 < x < 1
2 2

Question 4
−1
a) Expand (1 + 3x ) 3 as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including
the term in x 4 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

3 3 ( )
1 − x + 2 x 2 − 14 x3 + 35 x 4 + O x5 , − 1 < x < 1
3 3

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Question 5
1
a) Expand as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including
(1 − 2x )2
the term in x 4 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

( )
1 + 4 x + 12 x 2 + 32 x3 + 80 x 4 + O x5 , − 1 < x < 1
2 2

Question 6
a) Expand 4 1 + 2x as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including the
term in x 4 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

2 8 16 128 ( )
1 + 1 x − 3 x 2 + 7 x3 − 77 x 4 + O x5 , − 1 < x < 1
2 2

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Question 7
1
a) Expand as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including
(1 + 2x )3
the term in x 4 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

( )
1 − 6 x + 24 x 2 − 80 x3 + 240 x 4 + O x5 , − 1 < x < 1
2 2

Question 8
1
a) Expand 2
as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including
(1 − 3x )
the term in x 4 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

( )
1 + 6 x + 27 x 2 + 108 x3 + 405 x 4 + O x5 , − 1 < x < 1
3 3

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Question 9
− 53
a) Expand (1 + 3x ) as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including
the term in x3 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

3 ( )
1 − 5 x + 20 x 2 − 220 x3 + O x 4 , − 1 < x < 1
3 3

Question 10
− 12
a) Expand (1 + 5x ) as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including
the term in x3 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

2 8 16 ( )
1 − 5 x + 75 x 2 − 625 x3 + O x 4 , − 1 < x < 1
5 5

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Question 11
1
a) Expand (1 − 4x ) 2 as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including
the term in x3 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

( )
1 − 2 x − 2 x 2 − 4 x3 + O x 4 , − 1 < x < 1
4 4

Question 12
1
a) Expand as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including
(1 + 4x )3
the term in x3 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

( )
1 − 12 x + 96 x 2 − 640 x3 + O x 4 , − 1 < x < 1
4 4

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Question 13
1
a) Expand as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including the
1 − 2x
term in x3 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

2 ( )
1 + x + 3 x 2 + 5 x3 + O x 4 , − 1 < x < 1
2 2 2

Question 14

a) Expand 1 + 2x as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including the

term in x3 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

c) By using x = 0.01 in the above expansion find an approximation to 1.02 ,

giving the answer correct to 5 decimal places.

2 ( )
1 + x − 1 x 2 + 1 x3 + O x 4 , − 1 < x < 1 , 1.00995
2 2 2

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BINOMIAL
EXPANSIONS

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Question 1
a) Expand 4 − 9 x as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including the
3
term in x .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

4 64 512 ( )
2 − 9 x − 81 x 2 − 729 x3 + O x 4 , − 4 < x < 4
9 9

Question 2
1
a) Expand 2
as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including
( 2 − 5x )
the term in x3 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

4 4 16 8 ( )
1 + 5 x + 75 x 2 + 125 x3 + O x 4 , − 2 < x < 2
5 5

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Question 3
1
a) Expand as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including
( 3 + 2 x )3
the term in x3 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

27 27 81 729 ( )
1 − 2 x + 8 x 2 − 80 x3 + O x 4 , − 3 < x < 3
2 2

Question 4
1
a) Expand as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including the
4 − 3x
term in x3 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

2 16 256 2048 ( )
1 + 3 x + 27 x 2 + 135 x3 + O x 4 , − 4 < x < 4
3 3

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Question 5
−3
a) Expand ( 2 + 3x ) as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including
the term in x3 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

8 16 16 32 ( )
1 − 9 x + 27 x 2 − 135 x3 + O x 4 , − 2 < x < 2
3 3

Question 6
a) Expand 4 − 2 x as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including the
3
term in x .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

2 16 64 ( )
2 − 1 x − 1 x 2 − 1 x 3 + O x 4 , −2 < x < 2

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Question 7
1
a) Expand as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including
( 2 − 8x )3
the term in x3 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

8 2 ( )
1 + 3 x + 12 x 2 + 80 x3 + O x 4 , − 1 < x < 1
4 4

Question 8
a) Expand 4 − 6x as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including the
term in x3 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

2 16 64 ( )
2 − 3 x − 9 x 2 − 27 x3 + O x 4 , − 2 < x < 2
3 3

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Question 9
1
a) Expand as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including the
4 − 5x
term in x3 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

2 16 256 2048 ( )
1 + 5 x + 75 x 2 + 625 x3 + O x 4 , − 4 < x < 4
5 5

Question 10
1
a) Expand as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including the
( 2 − x )2
term in x3 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

4 4 16 8 ( )
1 + 1 x + 3 x 2 + 1 x 3 + O x 4 , −2 < x < 2

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Question 11
a) Expand 4 − x as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including the
3
term in x .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

4 64 512 ( )
2 − 1 x − 1 x 2 − 1 x 3 + O x 4 , −4 < x < 4

Question 12
1
a) Expand as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including the
2 − 3x
term in x3 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

2 4 8 16 ( )
1 + 3 x + 9 x 2 + 27 x3 + O x 4 , − 2 < x < 2
3 3

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Question 13
1
a) Expand as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including the
25 − x
term in x3 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

1 + 1 x + 3 x2 +
5 250 25000
1
250000 ( )
x3 + O x 4 , −25 < x < 25

Question 14
3
a) Expand 8 + 24x as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including
the term in x3 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

( )
2 + 2 x − 2 x 2 + 10 x3 + O x 4 , −2 < x < 2
3

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Question 15
1
a) Expand as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including the
4+ x
term in x3 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

c) By substituting x = 0.32 into the expansion show that 3 ≈ 1.732 .

2 16 256 2048 ( )
1 − 1 x + 3 x 2 − 5 x 3 + O x 4 , −4 < x < 4

Question 16
1
a) Expand as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including
9 + 4x 2
the term in x 4 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

3 27 81 ( )
1 − 2 x 2 + 2 x 4 + O x6 , − 3 < x < 3
2 2

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Question 17
−2
a) Expand ( 2 + 3x ) as an infinite convergent binomial series, up and including
the term in x3 .

b) State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

c) Find the coefficient of x6 in the above expansion.

4 4 16 8 ( )
1 − 3 x + 27 x 2 − 27 x3 + O x 4 , − 2 < x < 2 , 5103
3 3 256

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